Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 4/6] docs: Add Documentation for Mediated devices

[Alex Williamson]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:01:01 +0530
Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 10/13/2016 8:06 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:52:09 +0530
> > Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 10/13/2016 3:14 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:  
> >>> Under the device we have "mtty2", shouldn't that be
> >>> "mdev_supported_type", which then links to mtty2?  Otherwise a user
> >>> needs to decode from the link what this attribute is.
> >>>     
> >>
> >> I thought it should show type, so that by looking at 'ls' output user
> >> should be able to find type_id.  
> > 
> > The type_id should be shown by actually reading the link, not by the
> > link name itself, the same way that the iommu_group link for a device
> > isn't the group number, it links to the group number but uses a
> > standard link name.
> >   
> 
> Ok. I'll rename the link name to 'mdev_supported_type'

Hmm, if we have a device, then clearly it's a supported type, we can
probably reduce this to 'mdev_type'.  Sorry for not catching that.

BTW, please include the linux-kernel <address@hidden>
mailing list on the CC in your next posting.  Thanks,

Alex