Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:33:47 +0100 Markus Armbruster wrote: > Luiz Capitulino writes: > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:56:39 +0100 > > Markus Armbruster wrote: > > > >> Luiz Capitulino writes: > >> > >> > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:15 +0100 > >> > Markus Armbruster wrote: > [...] > >> >> Unlike

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Markus Armbruster
Luiz Capitulino writes: > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:56:39 +0100 > Markus Armbruster wrote: > >> Luiz Capitulino writes: >> >> > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:15 +0100 >> > Markus Armbruster wrote: [...] >> >> Unlike normal character drivers, this one can't be closed with >> >> qemu_chr_close(), can

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:56:39 +0100 Markus Armbruster wrote: > Luiz Capitulino writes: > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:15 +0100 > > Markus Armbruster wrote: > > > >> Luiz Capitulino writes: > >> > >> > This driver handles in-memory qemu-char driver operations, that's, > >> > all writes to thi

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Markus Armbruster
Luiz Capitulino writes: > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:15 +0100 > Markus Armbruster wrote: > >> Luiz Capitulino writes: >> >> > This driver handles in-memory qemu-char driver operations, that's, >> > all writes to this driver are stored in an internal buffer. The >> > driver doesn't talk to the e

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Markus Armbruster
Luiz Capitulino writes: > This driver handles in-memory qemu-char driver operations, that's, > all writes to this driver are stored in an internal buffer. The > driver doesn't talk to the external world in any way. I'm not so happy with the name "buffered driver". "Bufferedness" isn't what this

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu-char: Introduce Buffered driver

2010-11-10 Thread Luiz Capitulino
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:15 +0100 Markus Armbruster wrote: > Luiz Capitulino writes: > > > This driver handles in-memory qemu-char driver operations, that's, > > all writes to this driver are stored in an internal buffer. The > > driver doesn't talk to the external world in any way. > > I'm n