Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Implement PC port80 debug register.

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
>> I still think the read/write port route would
>> * better emulate systems,
>> * be more flexible (allowing software the option to read it),
>> * and, be easier to implement :)
>>
>> But, I think the most important part is to make the data accessible 
>> somehow.  So, the monitor access method would work fine as well.
>
> I don't object to read/write access.

If there's read and write access, it needs to be part of the savevm 
state.  Is it per-cpu?  If it's write only, then it doesn't need to be 
persisted in savevm.

I'd lean toward write-only unless there was a compelling reason to make 
it read/write.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori