Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/15] Refactor portio dispatching

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2013-05-06 16:50, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 06.05.2013 16:26, schrieb Jan Kiszka:
>> This series converts the remaining users of register_ioport* to portio
>> lists,
> 
> Why does it need to be lists? Is there anything wrong with using
> isa_register_ioport() as done in Hervé's previous ioport cleanup series?
> (Hope you were aware of those ppc-centered discussions?)

Lists are the straight way of conversion, specifically for I/O port
assignments that are scattered. On some lazy day, someone can convert
them into multiple memory regions. That's beyond the scope if this
series and more risky.

Jan

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