Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] Use IO port for qemu<->guest BIOS communication.

["Blue Swirl" <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 8/31/08, Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:57:34PM +0300, Blue Swirl wrote:
>  > On 8/29/08, Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com> wrote:
>  > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 09:04:11PM +0300, Blue Swirl wrote:
>  > >  > On 8/28/08, Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com> wrote:
>  > >  > >  +    fw_cfg_add(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_ID, (uint8_t *)&bios_cfg_id,
>  > >  > >  +               sizeof(bios_cfg_id));
>  > >  >
>  > >  > On second thought, this is in host byte order, which is not a good idea.
>  > >  >
>  > >
>  > > Is there some function to convert from host byte order to target byte
>  > >  order?
>  >
>  > I made an updated version of the patch 1/6, with explicit little
>  > endian conversions. I'm not very happy with that. Another way would be
>  > to add functions just to put different size numbers into device and
>  > they would hide the conversion.
>  >
>
> So what approach we should go with? We can go with the second one (add
>  functions for each type) and extend interface as needed.

Okay, I'll make a new version.