From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55606) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QN2tI-0006Vq-Mz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 May 2011 09:03:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QN2tH-0001Nx-Qp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 May 2011 09:03:48 -0400 Received: from goliath.siemens.de ([192.35.17.28]:28014) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QN2tH-0001NW-D5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 May 2011 09:03:47 -0400 Message-ID: <4DD51531.7000701@siemens.com> Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:03:45 +0200 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4DD3D236.90708@siemens.com> <4DD3D95E.2060105@redhat.com> <4DD3E1B3.3020405@siemens.com> <4DD3E47F.9060104@redhat.com> <4DD3E782.8090208@siemens.com> <4DD3E8D6.6090807@redhat.com> <20110519090851.GD28399@redhat.com> <4DD4DE8E.8030402@redhat.com> <20110519091404.GE28399@redhat.com> <4DD5029D.6000700@redhat.com> <20110519115405.GG28399@redhat.com> <4DD505C4.6010604@redhat.com> <4DD50B17.7000205@siemens.com> <4DD511FB.3080901@redhat.com> <4DD51413.1050202@siemens.com> <4DD51468.7050509@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD51468.7050509@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Memory API List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Avi Kivity Cc: qemu-devel , Gleb Natapov On 2011-05-19 15:00, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 05/19/2011 03:58 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: >>> >>> Eventually we may make the memory API a sub-API of qdev. I don't want >>> to start with that however, the change is large enough already. >> >> Touching all devices again at that point to change the way they register >> regions may not be the best approach. I would try to consolidate the >> refactoring work that affects the majority of device models. > > The risk is that the entire work will be stalled if it requires too much > effort. Then we could still switch one gear down, converting at least some exemplary devices completely to demonstrate that the API changes fit into the big picture. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux