From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Add target memory mapping API
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:54:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4977997A.3020704@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <497758D8.8010806@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>>> I'm suggesting we do that unconditionally (as my patch does) and
>>> only add that complexity when we know it's needed for certain.
>>>
>>
>> At the moment there are no such devices (your claims about ide
>> notwithstanding) but I think it will be easier to argue about the
>> specific case after we have agreed on a non-deficient API.
>>
>
> I don't think we'll ever reach agreement.
API's don't have to be fixed for any period of time. They can be
changed as needed. The only thing we have to agree on is that 1) we're
not causing regressions and 2) we're not digging ourselves into a hole.
So far, I don't see anything in the API that would cause either issue.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-21 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-18 19:53 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Direct memory access for devices Avi Kivity
2009-01-18 19:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Add target memory mapping API Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 13:49 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 14:54 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 15:39 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-19 16:18 ` Paul Brook
2009-01-19 16:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-19 16:39 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 19:15 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-20 10:09 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 16:57 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 19:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-20 10:17 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-20 14:18 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 16:40 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 17:28 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 17:53 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 18:29 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-20 14:32 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-20 17:23 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 18:25 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-01-19 18:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-20 14:49 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-20 17:42 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-20 18:08 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-01-20 20:27 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-21 16:53 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-21 16:50 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-21 17:18 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-21 21:54 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2009-01-20 14:44 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-21 12:06 ` [Qemu-devel] " Mike Day
2009-01-21 12:18 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 15:05 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] " Gerd Hoffmann
2009-01-19 15:23 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 15:29 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 15:57 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-01-19 16:25 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 17:08 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-19 17:16 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 14:56 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2009-01-19 15:03 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 15:49 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-19 15:51 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-20 18:43 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-21 17:09 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-21 18:56 ` [Qemu-devel] " Mike Day
2009-01-21 19:35 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-21 19:36 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] " Anthony Liguori
2009-01-22 12:18 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-22 18:46 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-26 12:23 ` Ian Jackson
2009-01-26 18:03 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-21 11:52 ` [Qemu-devel] " Mike Day
2009-01-21 12:17 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-21 17:37 ` Paul Brook
2009-01-18 19:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Add map client retry notification Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 14:58 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2009-01-18 19:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Vectored block device API Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 16:54 ` Blue Swirl
2009-01-19 17:19 ` Avi Kivity
2009-01-18 19:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] I/O vector helpers Avi Kivity
2009-01-18 19:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Convert IDE to directly access guest memory Avi Kivity
2009-01-19 16:50 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Direct memory access for devices Blue Swirl
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-01-22 10:36 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Direct memory access for devices (v2) Avi Kivity
2009-01-22 10:36 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Add target memory mapping API Avi Kivity
2009-01-22 12:24 ` Ian Jackson
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