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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] virtio: clarify VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo usag
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Eduardo Habkost |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] virtio: clarify VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo usage |
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Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:14:06 -0300 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 02:09:39PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> How to use .base_name, .generic_name, .transitional_name, and
> .non_transitional_name can be confusing.
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> Existing devices have .generic_name but its behavior is somewhat magic.
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> Devices added to new versions of the VIRTIO specification should forego
> transitional mode completely and always operate in non-transitional mode
> because there are no existing drivers for them that require backwards
> compatibility.
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> This patch adds comments that hopefully make it easier for developers to
> decide how to fill out VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo.
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> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
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Eduardo