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03327: Defer VIRTIO-169: device and driver in-memory structure layouts - label and number

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Submitted By Mr. Michael S. Tsirkin on 2019-03-15 4:31 am UTC

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Please vote Yes if you agree with all of the following. If you disagree, please vote No. If you don't have an opinion, please vote Abstain. I move that: The TC agrees to defer resolving the following specification issue: VIRTIO-169: device and driver in-memory structure layouts - label and number -------------------------------------- While I appreciate that the use of C struct syntax is illustrative only, the in-memory structures it documents are normative. And in a number of cases, those in-memory structures occur in the same numbered section, making reference to any specified in-memory structure uncertain. Labeling and numbering the in-memory structures (to say nothing of adding anchors for remote pointing), would greatly improve the usefulness of this document. -------------------------------------- The TC agrees that the issue will not be resolved for the revision "virtio-v1.1-cs01" of the specification. Justification: -------------------------------------- I can't see a way to label them without messing up formatting. That's not too bad I think, since they're explicitly inline with surrounding text. the issue is not new - it appears in virtio-v1.0-cs04 too. And a similar issue was raised wrt tables: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/VIRTIO-66 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Reminder: A Voting Member must be active in a TC to maintain voting rights. As the Virtio TC has adopted a standing rule to conduct business only by electronic ballot, without Meetings, a Voting Member who fails to cast a ballot in two consecutive Work Product Ballots loses his or her voting rights at the close of the second ballot missed. --------------------------------------