[virtio-dev] Re: [virtio-comment] [PATCH] [PATCH v5] virtio-spi: add the device specification

On 29-11-23, 13:42, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29 2023, Viresh Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On 29-11-23, 18:31, Haixu Cui wrote:
> >> Hi Viresh,
> >> 
> >>     Thank you for your helpful comments. In next patch, I will clearly point
> >> this out:
> >
> > Great, finally we are on the same page. Thanks Haixu.
> >
> >>     "For full-duplex read and write transfer, both \field{tx_buf} and
> >> \field{rx_buf} are used and the buffer size of \field{tx_buf} must be same
> >> as \field{rx_buf}."
> >
> > Suggest rewriting as:
> >
> > In full-duplex transfer mode, both \field{tx_buf} and \field{rx_buf} are sent by
> > the driver, \field{tx_buf} followed by \field{rx_buf}. The length of both the
> > buffers MUST be same.
> 
> Is that in a non-normative section? (Sorry, I've lost track here...)

I think yes, though I am not sure where Haixu will put it eventually :)

> If
> so, I would say:
> 
> "The length of both buffers has to be the same."

That's better. Thanks.

> > device MUST fail the transfer and notify the driver.
> 
> "notify the driver" == "set an appropriate error value"?
> 
> Can this be covered by one of the existing error values?

I think yes, this can be handled by the Param error.

-- 
viresh

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