On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 01:56:34AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > > > From: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 3:45 PM > > > > Maybe I get it. You want to use the new features as a carrot to > > > > force drivers to implement DMA? You suspect they will ignore the > > > > spec requirement just because things seem to work? > > > > > > > Right because it is not a must normative. > > > > Well SHOULD also does not mean "ok to just ignore". > > > > This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there > > may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a > > particular item, but the full implications must be understood and > > carefully weighed before choosing a different course. > > > RECOMMENDED and SHOULD forces the device to support MMIO, which is not good.
You said this already. Let's not repeat ourselves please. It's a single word. We need to work on a patch, we can argue about small detail once it's posted. It's not in your list of plans so I am guessing we need someone on Red Hat side to work on this? -- MST --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
