Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] i8254: convert to qdev

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 02/13/2011 03:10 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
> Convert to qdev. Don't expose PITState.
>
> Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl<blauwirbel@gmail.com>
> ---
>   hw/i8254.c         |   61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>   hw/mips_fulong2e.c |    4 +-
>   hw/mips_jazz.c     |    4 +-
>   hw/mips_malta.c    |    4 +-
>   hw/mips_r4k.c      |    4 +-
>   hw/pc.c            |    5 +--
>   hw/pc.h            |   25 ++++++++++++++------
>   hw/pcspk.c         |    4 +-
>   hw/ppc_prep.c      |    4 +-
>   9 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/i8254.c b/hw/i8254.c
> index 06b225c..680caab 100644
> --- a/hw/i8254.c
> +++ b/hw/i8254.c
> @@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ typedef struct PITChannelState {
>       qemu_irq irq;
>   } PITChannelState;
>
> -struct PITState {
> +typedef struct PITState {
> +    ISADevice dev;
>    

The PIT is not an ISA device.  Modelling it as such is worse than 
leaving it unmodelled.

> -PITState *pit_init(int base, qemu_irq irq);
> -void pit_set_gate(PITState *pit, int channel, int val);
> -int pit_get_gate(PITState *pit, int channel);
> -int pit_get_initial_count(PITState *pit, int channel);
> -int pit_get_mode(PITState *pit, int channel);
> -int pit_get_out(PITState *pit, int channel, int64_t current_time);
> +void pit_set_gate(ISADevice *dev, int channel, int val);
> +int pit_get_gate(ISADevice *dev, int channel);
> +int pit_get_initial_count(ISADevice *dev, int channel);
> +int pit_get_mode(ISADevice *dev, int channel);
> +int pit_get_out(ISADevice *dev, int channel, int64_t current_time);
>    

Making these functions take an ISADevice hurts type safety.  They should 
take a PITState.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori