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Subject: Re: [virtio] [PATCH] pci: strengthen requirement of the correct subsystem id
On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 03:22:13 -0500 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 07:41:09AM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote: > > On 28.10.19 17:12, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > If a hardware implementation of virtio does not have > > > the correct subsystem id, then drivers can't report > > > ir properly, or detect and work around bugs. > > > > s/ir/it. > > > > Jan > > > > > Change the requirement from MAY to SHOULD. > > > > > > We can't make it a MUST since we did not require this > > > historically. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> > > > One thing I noticed is that for transitional devices, windows drivers > bind to a specific vendor id. I guess we need to make this > SHOULD for non-transitional only? So, they have different binding behaviour for transitional vs non-transitional devices? Or transitional vs non-transitional drivers? > > > > > --- > > > content.tex | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex > > > index 4bcb728..8f1518c 100644 > > > --- a/content.tex > > > +++ b/content.tex > > > @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ \subsection{PCI Device Discovery}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Ov > > > For example, the network card device with the Virtio Device ID 1 > > > 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 > > > +The PCI Subsystem Vendor ID and the PCI Subsystem Device ID SHOULD reflect > > > the PCI Vendor and Device ID of the environment (for informational purposes by the driver). > > > Non-transitional devices SHOULD have a PCI Device ID in the range
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