Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-spec: clarify ro/rw bits and updatingrule of virtio-net status field

[Jason Wang]

On 03/22/2012 12:30 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:37:46 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin"<mst@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Ah. Right, we need to trap for host to clear the bit.
> > OK, so let's make the bit RO, and add
> > VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_ANNOUNCED to acknowledge that we've
> > seen VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE using the control VQ?
> Thanks, that's nice.  Guest should send arp packets first, then send
> VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_ANNOUNCED, and ignore the bit being set in the meantime.
>
> Thanks,
> Rusty.
Sure, I would update and re-send the spec updating patch.

Thanks

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