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[PATCH v4] conformance: clarify transitional/non-transitional

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:48:00 -0000

We already have a specification for conformance targets for non-transitional devices. Just add another clause that transitional devices satisfy. VIRTIO-167 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> --- Same patch was previouly sent as v2. conformance.tex 8 ++ ------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/conformance.tex b/conformance.tex index 6df113b..8b69e39 100644 --- a/conformance.tex +++ b/conformance.tex @@ -341,13 +341,9 @@ A conformant implementation MUST be either transitional or non-transitional, see ef{intro:Legacy Interface: Terminology}. -A non-transitional implementation conforms to this specification -if it satisfies all of the MUST or REQUIRED level requirements -defined above. - -An implementation MAY choose to implement OPTIONAL support for the +A transitional implementation MUST implement support for the legacy interface, including support for legacy drivers -or devices, by additionally conforming to all of the MUST or +or devices, by conforming to all of the MUST or REQUIRED level requirements for the legacy interface for the transitional devices and drivers. -- MST