Feature bits 41 and above are noted as being reserved for future extensions. However, the net device has been using bits in that space for some time now, as it already used up the device type specific range up to 23.
To avoid problems in the future, let's designate bits 50 to 127 to device type specific usage (which accommodates current usage by the net driver, and gives breathing room for future type specific bits), and declare bits 41 to 49 and bits 128 and above to be reserved for future extensions (which gives us some time before bit numbers move beyond 63, which would need some changes in existing device and driver implementations.) Reported-by: Max Gurtovoy <[email protected]> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/131 Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]> --- content.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index 32de6685c50b..c6f116c7aa39 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ \section{Feature Bits}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Feature B Feature bits are allocated as follows: \begin{description} -\item[0 to 23] Feature bits for the specific device type +\item[0 to 23, and 50 to 127] Feature bits for the specific device type \item[24 to 40] Feature bits reserved for extensions to the queue and feature negotiation mechanisms -\item[41 and above] Feature bits reserved for future extensions. +\item[41 to 49, and 128 and above] Feature bits reserved for future extensions. \end{description} \begin{note} -- 2.31.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
