Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/9] eepro100: Support compilation without EEPROM

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:02:06AM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Paul Brook schrieb:
> >> To emulate hardware without an EEPROM,
> >> EEPROM_SIZE may be set to 0.
> >
> > If might, but it isn't.
> >
> > This patch introduces a condition that will never be false. Please
> > don't do
> > that. I consider code that is never used to be actively harmful. Any
> > feature
> > that requires the user hack the source may as well not exist. The only
> > possible exception is debug output intended solely for qemu developers.
> >
> > If there's something worth noting for future reference then add a proper
> > comment, if necessary marked as TODO/FIXME.
> >
> > Paul
> 
> In this case, it is code which is normally always used,
> so maybe it is a little less harmful :-)
> 
> Anyway - Richard already gave a good feedback on the same topic.
> 
> His feedback convinced me that adding an eeprom size or model
> property as a device option would be the better way to
> support both developer needs (I want to make tests with
> no eeprom) and user needs (normally, an eeprom is
> available). The preprocessor #if would be replaced by
> a normal C if.
> 
> I'll do this in a future patch.
> 
> Michael, I suggest either omitting this patch or adding a
> TODO comment to the preprocessor #if like this:
> 
> #if EEPROM_SIZE > 0 /* TODO: add a new EEPROM property and use it here */
> 
> Regards,
> Stefan

I'll omit the patch. Thanks!