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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v5] conformance: fix confusion about legacy interface
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:44:02 -0400 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > Supercedes: > "conformance: clarify transitional/non-transitional" > > The text describing the legacy interface also obliquely refers to a > non-transitional implementation. This seems to cause confusion > and there's no good reason to do it here: this section > is about legacy interface and transitional devices, > it add not value at all. Just drop it. We need to tweak > wording in the next paragraph to avoid saying "additionally" > since there's nothing to add to anymore. > > Note: the spec does not make it clear whether description of the legacy > interface is normative or not, and in particular, this section is not > linked to from any conformance targets. > Resolving that is left for after 1.1 since the text is not new > and was already there in 1.0. > > VIRTIO-167 > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> > --- > conformance.tex | 6 +----- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/conformance.tex b/conformance.tex > index 6df113b..ce51463 100644 > --- a/conformance.tex > +++ b/conformance.tex > @@ -341,13 +341,9 @@ A conformant implementation MUST be either transitional or > non-transitional, see \ref{intro:Legacy > Interface: Terminology}. > > -A non-transitional implementation conforms to this specification > -if it satisfies all of the MUST or REQUIRED level requirements > -defined above. > - > An implementation MAY choose to implement OPTIONAL support for the > legacy interface, including support for legacy drivers > -or devices, by additionally conforming to all of the MUST or > +or devices, by conforming to all of the MUST or > REQUIRED level requirements for the legacy interface > for the transitional devices and drivers. > It's probably best we can do right now if we don't want to do more invasive changes... fine with me as well. Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
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