From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4 v3] blkif.h: Document protocol and existing extensions Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:02:46 -0500 Message-ID: <20120221140246.GB11950@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Keir Fraser List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:07:21AM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > This patch series attempts to document the blkif PV interface and > the various extensions to it that are out in the wild. > > Changes in v3: > > patch 3 (blkif.h: Document the RedHat and Citrix blkif multi-page > ring extensions.): It is called 'Red Hat', not RedHat. > o Mark the RedHat/Amazon EC2 ring extension nodes as deprecated. While > there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the method used there, it > was not publicly documented (not even in patch form), and differs from > the "page-order" large ring XenBus node convention used for other > drivers. > > patch 4 (blkif.h: Define and document the request number/size/segments > extension.) > o Fix typo "max-ring_pages" -> "max-ring-pages". > > Changes in v2: > > patch 2 (blkif.h: Provide more complete documentation of the blkif interface.): > o Mark backend device identification section as private to the > backend driver. > o Refer to docs/misc/vbd-interface.txt for the format of the > virtual-device front-end node. > o Correct field size for the virtual-device front-end node. > > patch 3 (blkif.h: Document the RedHat and Citrix blkif multi-page > ring extensions.): > o Correct node names for the RedHat/Amazon multi-ring extension. The > previous patch mistakenly documented the now defunct FreeBSD extension. > o Clarify the note on multi-page ring interoperability to indicate that > identical ring parameters should be published to the XenStore for > all supported schemes. > > v1 patch 4 (Deleted): > o Remove patch that added the XEN_*_MAJOR definitions. > > patch 4 (blkif.h: Define and document the request number/size/segments > extension.) > o Bump __XEN_LATEST_INTERFACE_VERSION to 0x00040201 and use this version > to guard the change to BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST. > > -- > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel