On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 06:22:51AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> My initial patch didn't have the offset. It was suggested by Eric
>> Blake in <0a960aa8-2a3f-8667-3d46-cecf8e65e482@redhat.com>:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 04:33:03PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> Do you additionally need an offset where to start reading from within
>>> the file (that is, since you already have the 'size' parameter to avoid
>>> reading the entire file, and the 'val' parameter to target anywhere in
>>> physical memory, how do I start reading anywhere from the file)?
>>
>> It sounded useful to me so I added it.
>
> Feels like an optional parameter to me.

For the HMP or the QMP interface?

If you think 'offset' is not necessary I can also drop it
completely.

Regards
Simon
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