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Subject: [PATCH] block: deprecate FLUSH_OUT.


Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@au1.ibm.com>

diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
index 9b0da6b..c9fcf70 100644
--- a/content.tex
+++ b/content.tex
@@ -3524,16 +3524,12 @@ struct virtio_blk_req {
 \end{lstlisting}
 
 The type of the request is either a read (VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN), a write
-(VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT), or a flush (VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH or
-VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH_OUT\footnote{The FLUSH and FLUSH_OUT types are equivalent, the device does not
-distinguish between them
-}).
+(VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT), or a flush (VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH).
 
 \begin{lstlisting}
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN           0
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT          1
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH        4
-#define VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH_OUT    5
 \end{lstlisting}
 
 The \field{sector} number indicates the offset (multiplied by 512) where
@@ -3578,6 +3574,13 @@ is a hint about the relative priorities of requests to the device:
 higher numbers indicate more important requests.
 
 \begin{lstlisting}
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH_OUT    5
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+The command VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH_OUT was a synonym for VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH;
+a driver MUST treat it as a VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH command.
+
+\begin{lstlisting}
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER     0x80000000
 \end{lstlisting}
 



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