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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v4] vsock: add vsock device
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:40:25PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 09:50:55AM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 16:54 +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:53:23PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/trunk/content.tex b/trunk/content.tex > > > > > index d989d98..4e9f165 100644 > > > > > --- a/trunk/content.tex > > > > > +++ b/trunk/content.tex > > > > > @@ -5641,6 +5641,223 @@ descriptor for the \field{sense_len}, > > > > > \field{residual}, > > > > > \field{status_qualifier}, \field{status}, \field{response} and > > > > > \field{sense} fields. > > > > > > > > > > +\section{Socket Device}\label{sec:Device Types / Socket Device} > > > > > + > > > > > +The virtio socket device is a zero-configuration socket > > > > > communications device. > > > > > +It facilitates data transfer between the guest and device > > > > > without using the > > > > > +Ethernet or IP protocols. > > > > > + > > > > > +\subsection{Device ID}\label{sec:Device Types / Socket Device / > > > > > Device ID} > > > > > + 13 > > > > The SVN version of the virtio spec seems to include many more > > > > device id > > > > allocations, in particular in the table at the start of Section 5 > > > > ("Device Types") it assigns 13 as "memory balloon" (not the > > > > traditional > > > > one) and 5.5 ("Traditional Memory Balloon Device") says: > > > > This is the traditional balloon device. The device number 13 is > > > > reserved for a new memory balloon interface, with different > > > > semantics, which is expected in a future version of the > > > > standard. > > > Thanks for pointing this out. I'll select a new device ID. > > > > You probably want to update that table too -- that way you'll get merge > > conflicts on rebase if you race with someone else. > > > > Or maybe the virtio editors would take a patch which only reserved the > > number? > > > Absolutely, there are already a bunch of reserved numbers. > Go ahead and split that small part out. Okay, will do. Thanks! Stefan
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