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