[VIRTIO-60] vring*, VRING_* and virtio_ring used for virtqueue without explanation - OASIS Technical Committees Issue Tracker

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"in this specification, vring and
virtio_ring are used interchangeably, and refer to the in-memory
format of the virtqueue, including available and used ring structures and the
descriptor buffer.
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Proposed patch sent to the list: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201402/msg00231.html
accepted on 2014-03-11
applied in commit r327

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Proposed patch sent to the list: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201402/msg00231.html accepted on 2014-03-11 applied in commit r327

As reported on list, specification talks about "virtqueue" and then starts using
vring and virtio_ring in listings without any further explanation.
See
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.virtio.user/124