[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (VIRTIO-70) 2.1 Device Status Field - Confused Language

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Michael Tsirkin commented on VIRTIO-70:
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> 2.1 Device Status Field - Confused Language
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>                 Key: VIRTIO-70
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/VIRTIO-70
>             Project: OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Patrick Durusau
>            Assignee: Michael Tsirkin
>            Priority: Trivial
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> 2.1 Device Status Field reads in part:
> *****
> The driver MUST update the Device Status field in the order below to indicate its progress. 
> *****
> The antecedent of "its" is unclear. 
> I am assuming "its progress" refers to the Device and not the driver. But as written, it could be either one.
> If Device, suggest: "A driver MUST update the Device Status field to indicate the state of its device."
> Reasoning that a Device Status field belongs to a particular device and that is the field that should be updated. 
> BTW, I said "A driver" because we are talking about any driver and not some driver in particular.

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