Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 0/8] Add a generic loader

[Paolo Bonzini]

It does whatever cpu_physical_memory_write_rom (and hence
cpu_memory_rw_debug, which has more callers) do.

> What happens when you try to monkey-patch and address that isn't
> connected to anything?

/dev/null

> What happens when you try to monkey-patch some device's ROM?

Overwritten.

> Memory-mapped I/O?

Ignored.

> What happens when you monkey-patch persistent memory, such as pflash
> backed by a block backend?

Overwritten (but not flushed).

> What happens if the address range crosses device boundaries?

Writes over each area separately.

> >> If we decide to use this argument for the present interface design, I
> >> want it recorded in the code and commit messages.
> 
> Fair request, don't you think?

Yes, of course.

Paolo