Re: [virtio-comment] RE: [PATCH v5 2/7] Introduce admin command set

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:24:02AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> With 1.2 release nearing completion I went back to see what's going on
> with this wotk, and it looks like I forgot to reply to this question.
> Sorry.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 08:39:24PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > And as I said, you will need much more spec work to reach the level to which
> > > features are specified - and note we are not yet happy with how features are
> > Can you be specific of the work that you are expecting in this v5 version?
> 
> I think we need a way for device to be notified about capabilities
> of the driver. Current query only works the other way.

Sorry I spoke from memory about previous version.
Pls ignore this one and I will reply properly.

> I would like us to move to add another group of feature bits intended
> for the management purposes. Maybe just 32 bit, or maybe "extended
> features" with a selector and length like mmio and ccw already do,
> up to you.
> 
> This will replace functionality of the query capabilities command and
> have the advantage of also notifying device about capabilities of the
> driver.
> 
> 
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> MST