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authorrusty <rusty@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2014-02-26 03:23:21 +0000
committerrusty <rusty@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652>2014-02-26 03:23:21 +0000
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Feedback: CCW: Separate normative and descriptive sections.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@au1.ibm.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio@272 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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\hline
\end{tabular}
-A driver for virtio-ccw devices MUST check for a control unit
-type of 0x3832 and MUST ignore the device type and model.
-
In addition to the basic channel commands, virtio-ccw defines a
set of channel commands related to configuration and operation of
virtio:
@@ -2210,6 +2207,8 @@ virtio:
#define CCW_CMD_SET_VIRTIO_REV 0x83
\end{lstlisting}
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Basic Concepts}
+
The virtio-ccw device acts like a normal channel device, as specified
in \hyperref[intro:S390 PoP]{[S390 PoP]} and \hyperref[intro:S390 Common I/O]{[S390 Common I/O]}. In particular:
@@ -2225,10 +2224,16 @@ in \hyperref[intro:S390 PoP]{[S390 PoP]} and \hyperref[intro:S390 Common I/O]{[S
device MUST present a check condition if the transmitted data does
not contain enough data to process the command. If the driver submitted
a buffer that was too long, the device SHOULD accept the command.
- The driver SHOULD attempt to provide the correct length even if it
- suppresses length checks.
\end{itemize}
+\drivernormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Basic Concepts}
+
+A driver for virtio-ccw devices MUST check for a control unit
+type of 0x3832 and MUST ignore the device type and model.
+
+A driver SHOULD attempt to provide the correct length in a channel
+command even if it suppresses length checks for that command.
+
\subsection{Device Initialization}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization}
virtio-ccw uses several channel commands to set up a device.
@@ -2267,30 +2272,36 @@ The following values are supported:
Note that a change in the virtio standard does not necessarily
correspond to a change in the virtio-ccw revision.
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Setting the Virtio Revision}
+
A device MUST post a unit check with command reject for any \field{revision}
it does not support. For any invalid combination of \field{revision}, \field{length}
and \field{data}, it MUST post a unit check with command reject as well. A
non-transitional device MUST reject revision id 0.
-A driver SHOULD start with trying to set the highest revision it
-supports and continue with lower revisions if it gets a command reject.
-
-A driver MUST NOT issue any other virtio-ccw specific channel commands
-prior to setting the revision.
-
A device MUST answer with command reject to any virtio-ccw specific
channel command that is not contained in the revision selected by the
driver.
-After a revision has been successfully selected by the driver, it
-MUST NOT attempt to select a different revision. A device MUST answer
-to any such attempt with a command reject.
+A device MUST answer with command reject to any attempt to select a different revision
+after a revision has been successfully selected by the driver.
A device MUST treat the revision as unset from the time the associated
subchannel has been enabled until a revision has been successfully set
by the driver. This implies that revisions are not persistent across
disabling and enabling of the associated subchannel.
+\drivernormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Setting the Virtio Revision}
+
+A driver SHOULD start with trying to set the highest revision it
+supports and continue with lower revisions if it gets a command reject.
+
+A driver MUST NOT issue any other virtio-ccw specific channel commands
+prior to setting the revision.
+
+After a revision has been successfully selected by the driver, it
+MUST NOT attempt to select a different revision.
+
\paragraph{Legacy Interfaces: A Note on Setting the Virtio Revision}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Setting the Virtio Revision / Legacy Interfaces: A Note on Setting the Virtio Revision}
A legacy device will not support the CCW_CMD_SET_VIRTIO_REV and answer
@@ -2339,6 +2350,9 @@ struct vq_info_block {
\field{desc}, \field{avail} and \field{used} contain the guest addresses for the descriptor table,
available ring and used ring for queue \field{index}, respectively. The actual
virtqueue size (number of allocated buffers) is transmitted in \field{num}.
+
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Configuring a Virtqueue}
+
\field{res0} is reserved and MUST be ignored by the device.
\paragraph{Legacy Interface: A Note on Configuring a Virtqueue}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Configuring a Virtqueue / Legacy Interface: A Note on Configuring a Virtqueue}
@@ -2506,6 +2520,7 @@ No padding is added at the end of the structure, it is exactly 25 bytes
in length.
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Initialization / Setting Up Indicators / Setting Up Two-Stage Queue Indicators}
If the driver has already set up classic queue indicators via the
CCW_CMD_SET_IND command, the device MUST post a unit check with
command reject to any subsequent CCW_CMD_SET_IND_ADAPTER command.
@@ -2553,8 +2568,14 @@ For notifying the driver of virtqueue buffers, the device sets the
bit in the guest-provided indicator area at the corresponding offset.
The guest-provided summary indicator is set to 0x01. An adapter I/O
interrupt for the corresponding interruption subclass is generated.
+
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Operation / Host->Guest Notification / Notification via Adapter I/O Interrupts}
+
The device SHOULD only generate an adapter I/O interrupt if the
-summary indicator had not been set prior to notification. The driver
+summary indicator had not been set prior to notification.
+
+\drivernormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Operation / Host->Guest Notification / Notification via Adapter I/O Interrupts}
+The driver
MUST clear the summary indicator after receiving an adapter I/O
interrupt before it processes the queue indicators.
@@ -2585,20 +2606,26 @@ GPR & Input Value & Output Value \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
+\devicenormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Operation / Guest->Host Notification}
The device MUST ignore bits 0-31 (counting from the left) of GPR2.
This aligns passing the subchannel ID with the way it is passed
for the existing I/O instructions.
-Host cookie is an optional per-virtqueue 64 bit value that MAY be
-used by the hypervisor to speed up the notification execution.
-For each notification, the output value is returned in GPR2 and
-SHOULD be passed in GPR4 for the next notification:
+The device MAY return a 64-bit host cookie in GPR2 to speed up the
+notification execution.
+\drivernormative{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Operation / Guest->Host Notification}
+
+For each notification, the driver SHOULD use GPR4 to pass the host cookie received in GPR2 from the previous notication.
+
+\begin{note}
+For example:
\begin{lstlisting}
info->cookie = do_notify(schid,
virtqueue_get_queue_index(vq),
info->cookie);
\end{lstlisting}
+\end{note}
\subsubsection{Resetting Devices}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio over channel I/O / Device Operation / Resetting Devices}