Re: [virtio-comment] [PATCH v3 2/2] virtio-net: Define cfg fields before description

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

On Friday, 2023-02-17 at 17:45:29 +02, Parav Pandit wrote:
> Currently some fields of the virtio_net_config structure are defined
> before introducing the structure and some are defined after
> introducing virtio_net_config.
> Better to define the configuration layout first followed by
> description of all the fields.
>
> Device configuration fields are described in the section. Change wording
> from 'listed' to 'described' as suggested in patch [1].
>
> [1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-dev/202302/msg00004.html
>
> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/161
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>

Reviewed-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com>

> ---
> changelog:
> v2->v3:
> - split the patch for read only description as prepration patch
> v1->v2:
> - remove read-only wording from multiple places
> v0->v1:
> - Change wording about device configuration field introduction
> - remove duplicate read-only wording for status field
> - reword sentence to read it better
> ---
>  device-types/net/description.tex | 40 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/device-types/net/description.tex b/device-types/net/description.tex
> index 81e1135..c4bb64e 100644
> --- a/device-types/net/description.tex
> +++ b/device-types/net/description.tex
> @@ -156,11 +156,28 @@ \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Network
>  \subsection{Device configuration layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device configuration layout}
>  \label{sec:Device Types / Block Device / Feature bits / Device configuration layout}
>  
> -Device configuration fields are listed below. The \field{mac} address field
> -always exists (though is only valid if VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC is set), and
> -\field{status} only exists if VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS is set. Two
> -bits (for the driver) are currently defined for the status field:
> -VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP and VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE.
> +The network device has the following device configuration layout.
> +
> +\begin{lstlisting}
> +struct virtio_net_config {
> +        u8 mac[6];
> +        le16 status;
> +        le16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
> +        le16 mtu;
> +        le32 speed;
> +        u8 duplex;
> +        u8 rss_max_key_size;
> +        le16 rss_max_indirection_table_length;
> +        le32 supported_hash_types;
> +};
> +\end{lstlisting}
> +
> +The \field{mac} address field always exists (although it is only
> +valid if VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC is set).
> +
> +The \field{status} only exists if VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS is set.
> +Two bits are currently defined for the status field: VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP
> +and VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE.
>  
>  \begin{lstlisting}
>  #define VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP     1
> @@ -190,19 +207,6 @@ \subsection{Device configuration layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device
>  is expected to re-read these values after receiving a
>  configuration change notification.
>  
> -\begin{lstlisting}
> -struct virtio_net_config {
> -        u8 mac[6];
> -        le16 status;
> -        le16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
> -        le16 mtu;
> -        le32 speed;
> -        u8 duplex;
> -        u8 rss_max_key_size;
> -        le16 rss_max_indirection_table_length;
> -        le32 supported_hash_types;
> -};
> -\end{lstlisting}
>  The following field, \field{rss_max_key_size} only exists if VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS or VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is set.
>  It specifies the maximum supported length of RSS key in bytes.
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