From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: virtio@lists.oasis-open.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>,
Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>,
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
"Dhanoa, Kully" <kully.dhanoa@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 01/16] content: move 1.0 queue format out to a separate section
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:21:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180216092105-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1518765602-8739-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
---
content.tex | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
index c7ef7fd..4483a4b 100644
--- a/content.tex
+++ b/content.tex
@@ -230,7 +230,30 @@ result.
The mechanism for bulk data transport on virtio devices is
pretentiously called a virtqueue. Each device can have zero or more
virtqueues\footnote{For example, the simplest network device has one virtqueue for
-transmit and one for receive.}. Each queue has a 16-bit queue size
+transmit and one for receive.}.
+
+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
+a driver event - i.e. sending a notification to the device.
+
+Device executes the requests and - when complete - adds
+a used buffer to the queue - i.e. lets the driver
+know by marking the buffer as used. Device can then trigger
+a device event - i.e. send an interrupt to the driver.
+
+For queue operation detail, see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues}~\nameref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues}.
+
+\section{Split Virtqueues}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues}
+The split virtqueue format is the original format used by legacy
+virtio devices. The split virtqueue format separates the
+virtqueue into several parts, where each part is write-able by
+either the driver or the device, but not both. Multiple
+locations need to be updated when making a buffer available
+and when marking it as used.
+
+
+Each queue has a 16-bit queue size
parameter, which sets the number of entries and implies the total size
of the queue.
--
MST
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2018-02-16 7:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2018-02-16 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 02/16] content: move ring text out to a separate file Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 03/16] content: move virtqueue operation description Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:22 ` [PATCH v8 04/16] content: replace mentions of len with used length Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 16:35 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
2018-02-16 7:22 ` [PATCH v8 05/16] content: generalize transport ring part naming Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:24 ` [PATCH v8 08/16] packed virtqueues: more efficient virtqueue layout Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 17:01 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
2018-02-24 5:17 ` [virtio-dev] " Tiwei Bie
2018-02-25 18:49 ` [virtio] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-26 10:51 ` [virtio-dev] " Tiwei Bie
2018-02-26 20:38 ` [virtio] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-27 1:49 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-02-27 20:17 ` [virtio] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-28 9:19 ` Tiwei Bie
2018-02-28 15:20 ` [virtio] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-28 16:09 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-02-28 20:35 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-26 17:19 ` [virtio] " Halil Pasic
2018-02-26 21:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-27 10:23 ` [virtio-dev] " Jens Freimann
2018-02-27 11:29 ` [virtio] " Halil Pasic
2018-02-28 13:42 ` Jens Freimann
2018-02-28 13:59 ` [virtio] " Halil Pasic
2018-02-28 15:40 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-28 16:29 ` Halil Pasic
2018-02-28 22:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-28 22:01 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-27 11:53 ` [virtio] " Halil Pasic
2018-02-27 14:11 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-27 17:03 ` Halil Pasic
2018-02-28 13:25 ` [virtio-dev] " Jens Freimann
2018-02-28 22:10 ` [virtio] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:24 ` [PATCH v8 09/16] content: in-order buffer use Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:25 ` [PATCH v8 10/16] packed-ring: add in order support Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:25 ` [PATCH v8 11/16] split-ring: in order feature Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:25 ` [PATCH v8 12/16] makediff: update to show diff from master Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 16:45 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
2018-02-16 7:26 ` [PATCH v8 13/16] REVISION: set to 1.1 wd07 Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 7:26 ` [PATCH v8 14/16] VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATA: extra data to devices Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 17:00 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
2018-02-16 7:26 ` [PATCH v8 15/16] conformance: link the new conformance clause Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 16:46 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
2018-02-16 7:27 ` [PATCH v8 16/16] REVISION: set for packed-wd07.pdf Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-02-16 16:47 ` [virtio] " Cornelia Huck
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