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  1. OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC
  2. VIRTIO-12

Size descriptor table independent of ringsize?

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: virtio 1.0 csprd02
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      Description

      The descriptor table is currently the same size and the available and used rings, but there's no reason it has to be that way.

      Arguments for independent sizing:
      1) Ring will be underutilized by some factor if each entry uses multiple descriptors.

      Arguments for:
      1) It's simple.
      2) Indirect descriptors allow a single descriptor per entry anyway.

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              Reporter:
              rusty Rusty Russell (Inactive)
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