On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 08:31:48PM +0300, Nikos Dragazis wrote: > On 24/7/20 5:41 μ.μ., Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:26:35AM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > So how about XXX notifications for both of these things? > > Where XXX explains what is the reason for triggering each > > type of notification. > > I guess Stefan introduced the term "doorbell" because it is a widely > used term (e.g., in NVMe devices) and I think it is a pretty good > term. However, I agree that the vague term "notification" may cause > confusion. > > Replacing "doorbells" and "notifications" with "XXX notifications" > sounds good. I can't think of some good terms for XXX right now. > Feel free to propose.
Device-specific notifications and device-specific doorbells? I think these concepts should be part of the core VIRTIO device model so that other devices can also define device-specific notifications/doorbells in the future. Stefan
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