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authorhornet <hornet@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2014-08-05 13:26:50 +0000
committerhornet <hornet@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2014-08-05 13:26:50 +0000
commit369a0bd793c52cc0aff1548d0f27f43b47a0190d (patch)
treed3fc5dbde33aae60a471ffd8e29b881ffef94d5b /content.tex
parentebbf33bb3edbabe96db05b58f4d5eca268aafd15 (diff)
VIRTIO-110: ARM's feedback for MMIO chapter, legacy section
This patch makes clear that the legacy section is non-normative, removing all MUSTs. Those changes do not add nor remove any features and constitues only error correction and editorial changes. Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio@416 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ nor behaviour:
\endlastfoot
\mmioreg{MagicValue}{Magic value}{0x000}{R}{}
\hline
- \mmioreg{Version}{Device version number}{0x004}{R}{Legacy device MUST return value 0x1.}
+ \mmioreg{Version}{Device version number}{0x004}{R}{Legacy device returns value 0x1.}
\hline
\mmioreg{DeviceID}{Virtio Subsystem Device ID}{0x008}{R}{}
\hline
@@ -2233,9 +2233,9 @@ nor behaviour:
\mmioreg{GuestFeaturesSel}{Activated (guest) features word selection}{0x024}{W}{}
\hline
\mmioreg{GuestPageSize}{Guest page size}{0x028}{W}{%
- The driver MUST write the guest page size in bytes to the
+ The driver writes the guest page size in bytes to the
register during initialization, before any queues are used.
- This value MUST be a power of 2 and is used by the device to
+ This value should be a power of 2 and is used by the device to
calculate the Guest address of the first queue page
(see QueuePFN).
}
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ nor behaviour:
\hline
\mmioreg{QueueAlign}{Used Ring alignment in the virtual queue}{0x03c}{W}{%
Writing to this register notifies the device about alignment
- boundary of the Used Ring in bytes. This value MUST be a power
+ boundary of the Used Ring in bytes. This value should be a power
of 2 and applies to the queue selected by writing to \field{QueueSel}.
}
\hline
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@ nor behaviour:
is the index number of a page starting with the queue
Descriptor Table. Value zero (0x0) means physical address zero
(0x00000000) and is illegal. When the driver stops using the
- queue it MUST write zero (0x0) to this register.
+ queue it writes zero (0x0) to this register.
Reading from this register returns the currently used page
number of the queue, therefore a value other than zero (0x0)
means that the queue is in use.
@@ -2295,8 +2295,8 @@ nor behaviour:
flags.
Writing non-zero values to this register sets the status flags,
indicating the OS/driver progress. Writing zero (0x0) to this
- register triggers a device reset. The device MUST
- set \field{QueuePFN} to zero (0x0) for all queues in the device.
+ register triggers a device reset. The device
+ sets \field{QueuePFN} to zero (0x0) for all queues in the device.
Also see \ref{sec:General Initialization And Device Operation / Device Initialization}~\nameref{sec:General Initialization And Device Operation / Device Initialization}.
}
\hline
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ nor behaviour:
\end{longtable}
The virtual queue page size is defined by writing to \field{GuestPageSize},
-as written by the guest. The driver MUST do this before the
+as written by the guest. The driver does this before the
virtual queues are configured.
The virtual queue layout follows
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ The virtual queue is configured as follows:
\item Allocate and zero the queue pages in contiguous virtual
memory, aligning the Used Ring to an optimal boundary (usually
- page size). The driver MUST choose a queue size smaller than or
+ page size). The driver should choose a queue size smaller than or
equal to \field{QueueNumMax}.
\item Notify the device about the queue size by writing the size to