Add basic documentation for virtio-9p. I can expand more on device operation,
but I don't think there's anything significant enough for the spec to be
mentioned there. Please let me know if I'm wrong.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin at oracle.com>
---
virtio-spec.lyx | 206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 206 insertions(+)
diff --git a/virtio-spec.lyx b/virtio-spec.lyx
index c23a345..73a0567 100644
--- a/virtio-spec.lyx
+++ b/virtio-spec.lyx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\author -1930653948 "Amos Kong"
+\author -1728740334 "Sasha Levin" sasha.levin at oracle.com
\author -875410574 "Pawel Moll"
\author -608949062 "Rusty Russell,,,"
\author -385801441 "Cornelia Huck" cornelia.huck at de.ibm.com
@@ -619,7 +620,13 @@ Appendix I
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526571
+Appendix J
+\change_deleted -1728740334 1365526568
-
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\end_inset
@@ -9678,6 +9685,204 @@ For MMC devices (inquiry type 5) there would be some
overlap between this
\end_layout
\end_deeper
+\end_deeper
+\begin_layout Chapter*
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526640
+Appendix J: 9p Transport
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526873
+The virtio transport for 9p provides an interface to transfer 9p messages
+ between the device and the driver.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section*
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526612
+Configuration
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526876
+Subsystem
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Device
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+ID 9
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526891
+Virtqueues 0:requests.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527214
+Feature
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+bits
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_deeper
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365529363
+VIRTIO_9P_MOUNT_TAG(0) The mount point is specified in the device
configuration.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_deeper
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527300
+Device
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+configuration
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+layout Both fields of this configuration are available only if
VIRTIO_9P_MOUNT_T
+AG was negotiated:
+\begin_inset listings
+inline false
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527046
+
+struct virtio_9p_config {
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527050
+
+ /* length of the tag name */
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527055
+
+ __u16 tag_len;
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527056
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527065
+
+ /* non-NULL terminated tag name */
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527072
+
+ __u8 tag[0];
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527072
+
+} __attribute__((packed));
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_deeper
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527670
+tag_len is the length of the mount tag string.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527700
+tag is the name of the moung tag.
+ The tag should not be terminated by NULL.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_deeper
+\begin_layout Section*
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526612
+Device Initialization
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527786
+The requests virtqueue is initialized.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527828
+If VIRTIO_9P_MOUNT_TAG was negotiated:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_deeper
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527872
+the tag_len field is read from the configuration to acertain the length
+ of the mount tag.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527876
+tag_len bytes are read from the tag field and are used as the name of the
+ mount tag.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_deeper
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365527948
+The device is now ready to process requests.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section*
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365526612
+Device Operation
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\change_inserted -1728740334 1365529176
+When the driver wantes to send a 9P request it places the descriptor of
+ the PDU in the queue.
+ It will be processed by the device according to the 9P protocol specifications
+ (available at http://ericvh.github.io/9p-rfc/) and returned to the driver.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Chapter*
Appendix X: virtio-mmio
\end_layout
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