Re: [PATCH v2] QEMU fw_cfg DMA interface documentation

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  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 ...

cheers,
  Gerd


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