Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] New device API

[Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 5/5/09, Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> > About "int" property, I'd use a wider type to support 64 bit properties.
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> Ok.
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>  > I don't think the ptr property can be used to construct OpenFirmware
>  > properties, because the length of the data is not handled.
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> This is intended to be used to link between devices. An OF implementation
>  would probably use a phandle. I may rename to device/object to clarify.

Still, it would be useful to have a way for the devices to be able to
export strings and blobs to the device tree.

>  The ESP DMA bits where we pass function pointers are a temporary hack, and
>  should go away.
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>  > What happens if you try to register two devices of the same type, can
>  > you identify them somehow? In OF, this is handed with by adding @ and
>  > address.
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> I guess I'll either use an informative suffix (like OF/FDT), or have separate
>  type and instance name.
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>  Paul
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