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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 09/15] hw: Added generic FIFO API.
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To: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Cc: stefanha@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Peter A. G. Crosthwaite" <peter.crosthwaite@petalogix.com>, paul@codesourcery.com, edgar.iglesias@gmail.com, john.williams@petalogix.com

On 08/06/2012 01:48 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 6 August 2012 03:16, Peter A. G. Crosthwaite
> <peter.crosthwaite@petalogix.com> wrote:
>> Added a FIFO API that can be used to create and operate byte FIFOs.
> I'm not asking for actual conversions, but it would be nice to see a
> list of some devices that could in principle be moved to using this FIFO,
> as an indication of its general utility.
>
> Would it make sense for the FIFO to be a QOM object, or is that a
> silly idea?
>
> -- PMM
>
FIFO introspection capability could be useful I think, and we could 
implement device-specific fifo "mutants" then (for example, PL330 fifo 
could be a general FIFO object + "tag" variable).