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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] notifications: notifications as basic virtio facility
On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:11:54 +0200 Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com> wrote: > Let's introduce notifications as basic virtio facility early on. This > shall not only increase the cohesion between core and transport > description by having a well-defined place where notifications are > introduced, but also give us the opportunity to explain some > discrepancies. > > Namely notifications sent by the device to the driver were often called > interrupts prior to v1.1. Getting completely rid of that terminology is > however not viable in case of some names. > > Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com> > --- > content.tex | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex > index e1dcaea..3aa9be8 100644 > --- a/content.tex > +++ b/content.tex > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ device consists of the following parts: > \begin{itemize} > \item Device status field > \item Feature bits > +\item Notifications > \item Device Configuration space > \item One or more virtqueues > \end{itemize} > @@ -150,6 +151,41 @@ requirements documented within these legacy interface sections. > Specification text within these sections generally does not apply > to non-transitional devices. > > +\section{Notifications}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device > +/ Notifications} > + > +The notion of sending a notification (driver to device or device > +to driver) plays an important role in this specification. The > +modus operandi of the notifications is transport specific. > + > +There are three types of notifications: > +\begin{itemize} > +\item device configuration space notification Shouldn't that be "configuration _change_ notification"? > +\item available buffer notification > +\item used buffer notification. > +\end{itemize} > + > +Device configuration space notifications and used buffer notifications > +are sent by the device, the recipient is the driver. A device > +configuration space notification indicates that a configuration space > +has changed; a used buffer notification indicates that a buffer may > +have been made used on the virtqueue designated by the notification. > + > +Available buffer notifications are sent by the driver, the recipient is > +the device. This type of notification indicates that a buffer may have > +been made available on the virtqueue designated by the notification. > + > +The semantic, the transport-specific implementations and other > +important aspects of the different notifications are specified in detail > +in the following chapters. > + > +Most transports implement notifications sent by the device to the > +driver using interrupts. Therefore, in previous versions of this > +specification, these notifications were often called interrupts. > +Some names defined in this specification still retain this interrupt > +terminology. Occasionally, the term event is used to refer to > +a notification or a receipt of a notification. > + > \section{Device Configuration Space}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Device Configuration Space} > > Device configuration space is generally used for rarely-changing or
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