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On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:18:40 +0100
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:

> Il 30/12/2013 23:27, Stephen Hemminger ha scritto:
> >> > It was added recently by Cornelia (copied) with intention to be used in s390
> >> > code. I assume the intention is still there.
> > The normal process is that the code is added in one patch just
> > before the code that uses it. Rather than the "if we build it they will come"
> > philosophy.
> 
> I'm fairly sure that was not the intention; rather, "we built it but we
> haven't sent a pull request for whatever reason".

Actually, the intention was "let read offer the same interfaces as
write". I currently don't see any usage of the read interface from my
side; if you prefer to remove it, I won't object.