Re: [PATCH] cxl: docs/devices Fix typos and clarify wording in device-types.rst

From: Gregory Price
Date: Mon Jun 16 2025 - 13:28:05 EST


On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 11:07:32PM -0700, Alok Tiwari wrote:
> Documentation/driver-api/cxl/devices/device-types.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
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> A Multi-Logical Device (MLD) is a device which may present multiple devices
> -to one or more devices.
> +to one or more hosts.

This is subtly incorrect.

A *Multi-Headed* MLD presents one or more devices to one or more hosts.

A *Multi-logical Device* presents one or more devices to one or more
upstream devices (such as a switch).

You can have a Single-Headed Multi-Logical Device that presents 2
"Logical Devices" to a single upstream device (host or switch).

So please change "one or more hosts" to "one or more upstream devices".


With that change you may add

Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>

~Gregory