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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH 07/14] legacy pci layout: extra confirmance statement


"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> ---
>  content.tex | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index cbbad09..9902756 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -1278,8 +1278,10 @@ enabled, device specific configuration starts at byte offset 20 in virtio
>  header.  ie. once you enable MSI-X on the device, the other fields move.
>  If you turn it off again, they move back!
>  
> -Immediately following these general headers, there may be
> -device-specific headers:
> +When using the legacy interface, both transitional
> +devices and drivers MUST assume that
> +the device-specific configuration space
> +immediately follows these general headers:
>  
>  \begin{tabular}{|l||l|l|}
>  \hline
> -- 
> MST

"MUST assume" isn't a very good requirement.  It's easier to simply
describe it:

        Any device-specific configuration space immediately follows
        these general headers:

Otherwise it needs to move into a normative subsection.

Cheers,
Rusty.




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