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diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index 748c78d..2d032a7 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -477,9 +477,21 @@ one table per descriptor). A driver MUST NOT create a descriptor chain longer than the Queue Size of the device. +A driver MUST NOT set both VIRTQ_DESC_F_INDIRECT and VIRTQ_DESC_F_NEXT +in \field{flags}. + \devicenormative{\paragraph}{Indirect Descriptors}{Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / The Virtqueue Descriptor Table / Indirect Descriptors} The device MUST ignore the write-only flag (\field{flags}\&VIRTQ_DESC_F_WRITE) in the descriptor that refers to an indirect table. +The device MUST handle the case of zero or more normal chained +descriptors followed by a single descriptor with \field{flags}\&VIRTQ_DESC_F_INDIRECT. + +\begin{note} +While unusual (most implementations either create a chain solely using +non-indirect descriptors, or use a single indirect element), such a +layout is valid. +\end{note} + \subsection{The Virtqueue Available Ring}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / The Virtqueue Available Ring} \begin{lstlisting} |