Re: [PATCH 2/3] device-parts: Add device type specific raw selector

[Matias Ezequiel Vara Larsen <mvaralar@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 04:52:31PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
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> > From: Matias Ezequiel Vara Larsen <mvaralar@redhat.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2024 9:43 PM
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 04:17:40PM +0300, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > The subsequent patch defines the device-type-specific parts. For these
> > > parts, the raw selector format is defined to ensure that each device
> > > type can specify its format accurately.
> > >
> > > Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/209
> > > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> > > ---
> > >  device-parts.tex | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/device-parts.tex b/device-parts.tex index
> > > e59c0f9..ee743c2 100644
> > > --- a/device-parts.tex
> > > +++ b/device-parts.tex
> > > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ \section{Device parts}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a
> > Virtio Device / Device pa
> > >                          le16 index;
> > >                          u8 reserved[6];
> > >                  } vq_index;
> > > +		u8 device_type_raw[8];
> > >          } selector;
> > >          le32 length;
> > >  };
> > > @@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ \section{Device parts}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of
> > > a Virtio Device / Device pa  only when the \field{part_type} is
> > > VIRTIO_DEV_PART_VQ_CFG or  VIRTIO_DEV_PART_VQ_NOTIFY_CFG.
> > >
> > > +\field{selector.device_type_raw} is only used when a device-specific
> > > +part is utilized, with \field{part_type} ranging from 0x0200 to 0x05FF.
> > 
> > Why is important here to mention the range of `part_type`?
> >
> Not a lot.
> If the rest of the text about device specific part... is clear enough than we can drop mentioning the range.
>  
Thanks, I just asked because I though I was missing something.

Matias