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author | Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@daynix.com> | 2018-10-15 13:11:36 +0300 |
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committer | Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> | 2018-11-30 15:24:37 -0500 |
commit | 94384142f64f11acbbaace100b913e49e9c5e71b (patch) | |
tree | 42f803520c8fd240f7b04a3d6bc081afa53bad90 | |
parent | a01bce8222975d5754a9226edbae7c5f2b2065f3 (diff) | |
download | virtio-spec-94384142f64f11acbbaace100b913e49e9c5e71b.tar.gz |
content: Declare virtio-net legacy feature bits 41-42
These bits are in use by current Windows production driver
for virtio-net. If virtio-net device uses one of them
the driver will not function. Reserving these bits for
virtio-net device until current production driver reaches EOL.
Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/21
Signed-off-by: Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@daynix.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r-- | content.tex | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index 6681dea..9de34af 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -2651,13 +2651,13 @@ Some networking feature bits require other networking feature bits \subsubsection{Legacy Interface: Feature bits}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Feature bits / Legacy Interface: Feature bits} \begin{description} -\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO (6)] Device handles packets with any GSO type. +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO (6)] Device handles packets with any GSO type. This was supposed to indicate segmentation offload support, but +upon further investigation it became clear that multiple bits were needed. +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC4 (41)] Device coalesces TCPIP v4 packets. This was implemented by hypervisor patch for certification +purposes and current Windows driver depends on it. It will not function if virtio-net device reports this feature. +\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC6 (42)] Device coalesces TCPIP v6 packets. Similar to VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_RSC4. \end{description} -This was supposed to indicate segmentation offload support, but -upon further investigation it became clear that multiple bits -were needed. - \subsection{Device configuration layout}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Device configuration layout} \label{sec:Device Types / Block Device / Feature bits / Device configuration layout} |