Re: [PATCHv2 RFC] virtio-spec: flexible configuration layout

[Rusty Russell]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:39:13 +0200, Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > (2) There's no huge win in keeping the same layout. ÂLet's make some
> > Â Âcleanups. ÂThere are more users ahead of us then behind us (I
> > Â Âhope!).
> 
> Actually, if we already do cleanups, here are two more suggestions:
> 
> 1. Make 64bit features a one big 64bit block, instead of having 32bits
> in one place and 32 in another.
> 2. Remove the reserved fields out of the config (the ones that were
> caused by moving the ISR and the notifications out).

Yes, those were exactly what I was thinking.  I left it vague because
there might be others you can see if we're prepared to abandon the
current format.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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