Re: [PATCH] content: Reserve ID 50 for video encoder/decoder device

Manos Pitsidianakis <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:04:35 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtio-comment
Message-ID <CAAjaMXbaWJirrf2bbGQAo7R9nrQBjZrgbVY6BU-Z12njHUq0=g@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM Alexander Gordeev
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Virtio video encoder/decoder device provides a stateful API for video
> encoding and decoding.
>
> IDs 30 and 31 are already reserved for devices providing only one of
> the two functions. There are use-cases for a device providing both
> functions, so a new ID is reserved after a discussion on the ML ([1]).
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-comment/[email protected]/
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <[email protected]>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <[email protected]>

>  content.tex | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index 5de811f..243ce2d 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ \chapter{Device Types}\label{sec:Device Types}
>  \hline
>  49         &   USB controller \\
>  \hline
> +50         &   Video encoder/decoder device \\
> +\hline
>  \end{longtable}
>
>  Some of the devices above are unspecified by this document,
> --
> 2.43.0
>