On 09/07/15 13:08, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >> It's just simplicity. If you want to read a few times from the same >> field (like in ACPI tables, read the data size and then the data), you >> need a way to enable and disable the selector and manage the current >> offset for that entry. This is already provided with the "old" >> interface. > > Could be handled with a 'select' control bit. Only when set select > entry and reset offset to zero. > > Also: would it make sense to allow an *array* of FWCfgDmaAccess structs? > With a 'more' bit in control we could indicate that there are more > entries. I'm not sure firmware would actually use that though ...
Seems far-fetched. Thanks Laszlo > cheers, > Gerd > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
