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| author | mstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2013-11-10 11:35:04 +0000 |
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| committer | mstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2013-11-10 11:35:04 +0000 |
| commit | d0a31aef264b81165af16007b272c2b985edafb4 (patch) | |
| tree | fb92c232b3306f5f67ba57825f06a297edc1c028 | |
| parent | 30ea341c68cd56b387d2a0013979412f0ca1c855 (diff) | |
pci: a note on non-transitional devices
Add a note documenting handling legacy drivers for
non transitional devices.
VIRTIO-34
Accepted Nov 5, 2013
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201311/msg00031.html
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio@89 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
| -rw-r--r-- | virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt index 22aaed5..734bbf4 100644 --- a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt +++ b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt @@ -1167,7 +1167,22 @@ space in BAR0. Transitional drivers should look for the Virtio PCI Capabilities on the capability list. -If there are not present, driver should assume a legacy device. +If these are not present, driver should assume a legacy device. + +Non-transitional drivers should look for the Virtio PCI +Capabilities on the capability list. +If these are not present, driver should assume a legacy device, +and fail gracefully. + +Non-transitional devices, on a platform where a legacy driver for +a legacy device with the same ID might have previously existed, +must take the following steps to fail gracefully when a legacy +driver attempts to drive them: + +1) Present an I/O BAR in BAR0, and +2) Respond to a single-byte zero write to offset 18 + (corresponding to Device Status register in the legacy layout) + of BAR0 by presenting zeroes on every BAR and ignoring writes. 2.3.1.3.1.1. Queue Vector Configuration -------------------------------------- |