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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v5 01/10] vhost-user: add vhost-user device type


On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 08:31:48PM +0300, Nikos Dragazis wrote:
> On 24/7/20 5:41 Î.Î., Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:26:35AM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > So how about XXX notifications for both of these things?
> > Where XXX explains what is the reason for triggering each
> > type of notification.
> 
> I guess Stefan introduced the term "doorbell" because it is a widely
> used term (e.g., in NVMe devices) and I think it is a pretty good
> term. However, I agree that the vague term "notification" may cause
> confusion.
> 
> Replacing "doorbells" and "notifications" with "XXX notifications"
> sounds good. I can't think of some good terms for XXX right now.
> Feel free to propose.

Device-specific notifications and device-specific doorbells?

I think these concepts should be part of the core VIRTIO device model so
that other devices can also define device-specific
notifications/doorbells in the future.

Stefan

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