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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/12] hw: move memory API to hw/core
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/12] hw: move memory API to hw/core |
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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:00:41 +0300 |
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 08:18:52PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 11/04/2013 19:14, Peter Maydell ha scritto:
> > On 11 April 2013 18:09, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Il 11/04/2013 18:28, Peter Maydell ha scritto:
> >>> On 11 April 2013 17:10, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> >>> This doesn't look right. The MemoryRegion system isn't
> >>> hw-specific, it's a part of the basic QEMU emulation
> >>> system which provides functionality to hw/ and other
> >>> things (like cputlb.c).
> >>
> >> The accelerator- and target-independent parts of the basic emulation are
> >> already in hw/core (not much really, but consider that CPUs are device
> >> and depend on hw/core/qdev.c). The memory API is simply the interface
> >> between the accelerators and hw/ (boards & device models).
> >
> > Yes, so it should be provided in the place we put our accelerator
> > implementation (ie .): it is functionality and interface exposed
> > *to* the code in hw/, not functionality and interface provided
> > *by* hw/.
>
> Ok, the historical practice was that qdev core was in hw/, and that's
> what I tried to follow. It makes sense either way to me.
>
> But then patch 11 also has to be dropped, otherwise it doesn't make
> sense. Michael, what do you think?
>
> Paolo
I agree.
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/12] tpm: reorganize headers and split hardware part, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/12] exec: remove useless declarations from memory-internal.h, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/12] memory: move core typedefs to qemu/typedefs.h, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/12] sysemu: avoid proliferation of include/ subdirectories, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/12] hw: move memory API to hw/core, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/12] hw: move memory API headers to hw/, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/11
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/12] directory reorganization, final part, Anthony Liguori, 2013/04/15