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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] admin: Add group member legacy register access commands


On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 10:15:34PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 6:01 PM
> > 
> > In some systems, there's need to support utilizing legacy drivers with devices
> > that do not directly support the legacy interface.
> > In such scenarios, an owner device of a group can provide the legacy interface
> > functionality for group members.
> > The driver of an owner device can then access the legacy interface of a member
> > device on behalf of the legacy member device driver.
> >
> In the last line, I will change from 'legacy member device driver' to just 'member device driver'.

I think it's important to stress legacy since normal driver
that follows the spec does not access legacy interface at all.


> I will fix rest of the comments including having pad bytes after offset and have similar changes in rest of the places.



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