On Thu, Feb 02 2023, Parav Pandit <[email protected]> wrote: > The control VQ of the virtio network device is used beyond advance > steering control. The control VQ dynamically changes multiple features > of the initialized device. > > Hence, update this area of control VQ introductory description at few > places and also place the link to its description. > > Also update the introduction section to better describe receive and > transmit virtqueues. > > Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/156 > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> > --- > device-types/net/description.tex | 21 +++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/device-types/net/description.tex > b/device-types/net/description.tex > index 88a5770..dedd6b1 100644 > --- a/device-types/net/description.tex > +++ b/device-types/net/description.tex > @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \section{Network Device}\label{sec:Device Types / Network > Device} > > The virtio network device is a virtual network interface controller. > It consists of a virtual Ethernet link which connects the device > -to the Ethernet network. It is the most complex of the devices > -supported so far by virtio. It has enhanced rapidly and demonstrates > -clearly how support for new features are added to an existing > -device. Empty buffers are placed in one virtqueue for receiving > -packets, and outgoing packets are enqueued into another for > -transmission in that order. A third command queue is used to > -control advanced filtering features. > +to the Ethernet network. The driver posts empty buffers in the > +receive virtqueue. The device receives the incoming packets from the link; > +the device places these incoming packets in the receive virtqueue buffers. > +The driver enqueues outgoing packets to the transmit virtqueue. The device > +dequeues these packets from the transmit virtqueue and sends them to > +the link. A control virtqueue is used to dynamically manipulate various > +features of the initialized device.
General question: Is it better to talk about "the receive virtqueue" (to keep it simple), or "a receive virtqueue" (as there may be several)? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
