linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] virtio: clean up features qword/dword terms

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Message-ID: <CACGkMEvgQmUNVOzceNscLJiBxUiJDwJeST4Fe4Up7yBgbpxu4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:53:11 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>, 
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] virtio: clean up features qword/dword terms

On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> virtio pci uses word to mean "16 bits". mmio uses it to mean
> "32 bits".
>
> To avoid confusion, let's avoid the term in core virtio
> altogether. Just say U64 to mean "64 bit".
>
> Fixes: e7d4c1c5a546 ("virtio: introduce extended features")
> Cc: "Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Message-Id: <492ef5aaa196d155d0535b5b6f4ad5b3fba70a1b.1761058528.git.mst@...hat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Thanks