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Subject: [PATCH] content: document the behaviours for SR-IOV
Document the device and driver behaviours for SR-IOV. Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/13 --- content.tex | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index 73981b7..3b45a6c 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -5387,6 +5387,18 @@ A driver SHOULD accept VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER if it is offered. If VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER has been negotiated, a driver MUST use the barriers suitable for hardware devices. +If VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV has been negotiated, a driver can enable +virtual functions through the device's PCI SR-IOV capability +structure. A driver MUST NOT negotiate VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV if +the device does not have a PCI SR-IOV capability structure +or is not a PCI device. A driver MUST negotiate +VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV and complete the feature negotiation +(including checking the FEATURES_OK \field{status} bit) before +the first time to enable virtual functions through the device's +PCI SR-IOV capability structure, and the driver MAY remember +the VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV feature bit negotiation result until it +unbinds from the device. + \devicenormative{\section}{Reserved Feature Bits}{Reserved Feature Bits} A device MUST offer VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1. A device MAY fail to operate further @@ -5403,6 +5415,10 @@ buffers in the same order in which they have been available. A device MAY fail to operate further if VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER is not accepted. +A device SHOULD offer VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV if it is a PCI device +and presents a PCI SR-IOV capability structure, otherwise +it MUST NOT offer VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV. + \section{Legacy Interface: Reserved Feature Bits}\label{sec:Reserved Feature Bits / Legacy Interface: Reserved Feature Bits} Transitional devices MAY offer the following: -- 2.17.0
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