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Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-network: Avoid confusion between a card and a device
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 08:30:10PM +0200, Parav Pandit wrote: > Ethernet card is a relatively vague term in context of virtio network > device specification. A Ethernet card in the industry has one to > multiple ports, one to multiple PCI functions. Is this the terminology that IEEE uses? > Historically virtio network device is documented as a Ethernet card. > However it is usually just a single virtual Ethernet device. > > Hence, avoid this confusing term 'card' and align the specification > to adhere to widely used specification term as 'device' used for all > virtio device types. > > This patch is on top of change [1]. > > [1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-dev/202212/msg00042.html > > Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/154 > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> This results in a bit of confusion since device has very specific meaning within virtio. I agree "card" sounds archaic. Would "ethernet adapter" work maybe? > --- > content.tex | 6 +++--- > virtio-network.tex | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex > index 5baef90..37e7943 100644 > --- a/content.tex > +++ b/content.tex > @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ \subsection{PCI Device Discovery}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Ov > \hline > Transitional PCI Device ID & Virtio Device \\ > \hline \hline > -0x1000 & network card \\ > +0x1000 & network device \\ > \hline > 0x1001 & block device \\ > \hline > @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ \subsection{PCI Device Discovery}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Ov > \hline > \end{tabular} > > -For example, the network card device with the Virtio Device ID 1 > +For example, the network device device with the Virtio Device ID 1 device repeated twice here > has the PCI Device ID 0x1041 or the Transitional PCI Device ID 0x1000. > > The PCI Subsystem Vendor ID and the PCI Subsystem Device ID MAY reflect > @@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ \chapter{Device Types}\label{sec:Device Types} > \hline \hline > 0 & reserved (invalid) \\ > \hline > -1 & network card \\ > +1 & network device \\ > \hline > 2 & block device \\ > \hline > diff --git a/virtio-network.tex b/virtio-network.tex > index 28ed343..b05ce61 100644 > --- a/virtio-network.tex > +++ b/virtio-network.tex > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > \section{Network Device}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device} > > -The virtio network device is a virtual ethernet card, and is the > +The virtio network device is a virtual ethernet device, and is the "virtio device is an ethernet device" sounds repetetive. > most complex of the devices supported so far by virtio. It has > enhanced rapidly and demonstrates clearly how support for new > features are added to an existing device. Empty buffers are > @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \subsection{Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Feature bits > > \begin{description} > \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM (0)] Device handles packets with partial checksum. This > - ``checksum offload'' is a common feature on modern network cards. > + ``checksum offload'' is a common feature on modern network device. ungrammatical > > \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM (1)] Driver handles packets with partial checksum. > > @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ \subsection{Device Initialization}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Dev > > \item If the VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC feature bit is set, the configuration > space \field{mac} entry indicates the ``physical'' address of the > - network card, otherwise the driver would typically generate a random > + network device, otherwise the driver would typically generate a random > local MAC address. here it is unclear whether this refers to virtio device or ethernet device > > \item If the VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS feature bit is negotiated, the link > -- > 2.26.2
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