Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/14] isa: Add isa_register_old_portio_list().

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/17/2011 07:06 AM, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 08/17/2011 06:50 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >  Oh, after seeing a user I see how it works now. But can't we derive
> >  this information instead of forcing the user to specify it?
>
> I thought about that, but then when I went to implement I found it
> just as easy to have the user specify it.  With the later I get to
> re-use the pieces of the read-only memory.

Yes, question is, will the user get the rules where you need to stick an 
P_E_O_L() (between any contiguous block, yes?).

I guess we can get away with just documenting it.  The list of users is 
unlikely to grow.

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