similar to: [PATCH] virtio-spec: tweak wording for console control vq

Drivers treat MUST_TELL_HOST as optional: windows drivers do not ack it and expect this means they can tell host *after* deflate. This was not the intent but the documentation was not very clear on this point. Luckily hyprevisors did not implement this feature yet so to provide guidance for future devices make spec match drivers expectations, and clarify that this feature only has effect if

Drivers treat MUST_TELL_HOST as optional: windows drivers do not ack it and expect this means they can tell host *after* deflate. This was not the intent but the documentation was not very clear on this point. Luckily hyprevisors did not implement this feature yet so to provide guidance for future devices make spec match drivers expectations, and clarify that this feature only has effect if

Add RFS support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_RFS for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RFS to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> -- Changes from v3: - rename multiqueue ->

Add RFS support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_RFS for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RFS to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> -- Changes from v3: - rename multiqueue ->

The virtio-console device has recently been updated to support multiple devices and multiple ports. These ports can also function as generic serial ports. Reflect these changes in the spec. Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah at redhat.com> --- virtio-spec/virtio-spec-0.8.3.lyx.orig 2010-01-20 19:21:02.239131766 +0530 +++ virtio-spec/virtio-spec-0.8.3.lyx 2010-01-20 19:21:02.228131971

The virtio-console device has recently been updated to support multiple devices and multiple ports. These ports can also function as generic serial ports. Reflect these changes in the spec. Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah at redhat.com> --- virtio-spec/virtio-spec-0.8.3.lyx.orig 2010-01-20 19:21:02.239131766 +0530 +++ virtio-spec/virtio-spec-0.8.3.lyx 2010-01-20 19:21:02.228131971

Add RFS support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_RFS for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RFS to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. --- Changes from v4: - address Jason's comments - have configuration specify the number of VQ pairs and

Add RFS support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_RFS for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RFS to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. --- Changes from v4: - address Jason's comments - have configuration specify the number of VQ pairs and

At Jason's request, I am trying to help finalize the spec for the new multiqueue feature. Changes from Jason's rfc: - reserved vq 3: this makes all rx vqs even and tx vqs odd, which looks nicer to me. - documented packet steering, added a generalized steering programming command. Current modes are single queue and host driven multiqueue, but I envision support for guest driven

At Jason's request, I am trying to help finalize the spec for the new multiqueue feature. Changes from Jason's rfc: - reserved vq 3: this makes all rx vqs even and tx vqs odd, which looks nicer to me. - documented packet steering, added a generalized steering programming command. Current modes are single queue and host driven multiqueue, but I envision support for guest driven

Add field for guest to specify command size for virtio-blk. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- virtio-spec.lyx | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/virtio-spec.lyx b/virtio-spec.lyx index a8ce3f9..fea97ed 100644 --- a/virtio-spec.lyx +++ b/virtio-spec.lyx @@ -5826,6 +5826,16 @@

Add field for guest to specify command size for virtio-blk. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- virtio-spec.lyx | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/virtio-spec.lyx b/virtio-spec.lyx index a8ce3f9..fea97ed 100644 --- a/virtio-spec.lyx +++ b/virtio-spec.lyx @@ -5826,6 +5826,16 @@

Add multiqueue support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. --- Changes in v6: - rename RFS -> multiqueue to avoid confusion with RFS in linux mention

Add multiqueue support to virtio network device. Add a new feature flag VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ for this feature, a new configuration field max_virtqueue_pairs to detect supported number of virtqueues as well as a new command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ to program packet steering for unidirectional protocols. --- Changes in v6: - rename RFS -> multiqueue to avoid confusion with RFS in linux mention

Hello Rusty, This patch updates the virtio spec (0.8.6) with the new ABI information for virtio-console. Please apply. --- virtio-spec-0.8.6.lyx 2010-04-16 12:06:13.416075709 +0530 +++ virtio-spec-0.8.6-virtio-console.lyx 2010-04-16 12:41:54.656201703 +0530 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes true \output_changes false -\author "" +\author "Amit

Hello Rusty, This patch updates the virtio spec (0.8.6) with the new ABI information for virtio-console. Please apply. --- virtio-spec-0.8.6.lyx 2010-04-16 12:06:13.416075709 +0530 +++ virtio-spec-0.8.6-virtio-console.lyx 2010-04-16 12:41:54.656201703 +0530 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes true \output_changes false -\author "" +\author "Amit

The idea of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST feature is to let drivers skip usage of the deflate queue when leaking the balloon ("silent deflation"). Guests may benefit from silent deflate by aggressively inflating the balloon; they know that they will be able to use ballooned pages without issuing a (blocking) request to the device. The problem is that this feature is a

The idea of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST feature is to let drivers skip usage of the deflate queue when leaking the balloon ("silent deflation"). Guests may benefit from silent deflate by aggressively inflating the balloon; they know that they will be able to use ballooned pages without issuing a (blocking) request to the device. The problem is that this feature is a

Unfortunately there proved to be at least one bug which requires an ABI change, so we're best off not introducing multiport support until 2.6.35. While I generally left the multiport code paths intact, I really wanted to remove the ABI defines from the header, which meant some quite deep cuts. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> To: Amit Shah <amit.shah at

Unfortunately there proved to be at least one bug which requires an ABI change, so we're best off not introducing multiport support until 2.6.35. While I generally left the multiport code paths intact, I really wanted to remove the ABI defines from the header, which meant some quite deep cuts. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> To: Amit Shah <amit.shah at