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Re: [Qemu-devel] Are "info pic" and "info irq" still of any use?
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Are "info pic" and "info irq" still of any use? |
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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:03:10 +0200 |
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On 31/03/2015 11:56, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> These commands look like bit-rotted development aids to me.
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> They're limited to just a few interrupt controllers. For the most
> common machine types and accelerators, they do nothing.
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> They complicate David Gibson's work on disentangling dependencies on
> ISA.
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> I'm cc'ing the maintainers of all machines that can be configured in a
> way that makes these commands do something. Please speak up if you
> think they provide value.
For x86, they can be removed. However, it would be nice to provide
access to the same information via QOM, especially for "info pic". This
is the old QIDL project.
Paolo