[virtio-comment] Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v8 1/8] content: Add vq number text

[David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com>]

Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> writes:

> Introduce vq number and its range so that subsequent patches can refer
> to it.
>
> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/163
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> ---
> changelog:
> v5->v6:
> - moved description close to introduction, it was in middle of
>   queue data transfer description
> v2->v3:
> - new patch
> ---
>  content.tex | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index cff548a..5171c12 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ \section{Virtqueues}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues}
>  virtqueues\footnote{For example, the simplest network device has one virtqueue for
>  transmit and one for receive.}.
>  
> +Each virtqueue is identified by a vq number or also referred
> +to as a virtqueue number; vq number range is from 0 to 65535.
> +

It would be nice to use the unabbreviated version first, and we could
also include "vqn", as it's in use during discussions:

  Each virtqueue is identified by a virtqueue number, also referred to
  as a vq number or vqn. The range of virtqueue numbers is 0 to 65535
  inclusive.

>  Driver makes requests available to device by adding
>  an available buffer to the queue, i.e., adding a buffer
>  describing the request to a virtqueue, and optionally triggering
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>
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