Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2 v2] Direct IDE I/O

[Fabrice Bellard]

Laurent Vivier wrote:
> This patch enhances the "-drive ,cache=off" mode with IDE drive emulation
> by removing the buffer used in the IDE emulation.
> ---
>  block.c     |   10 +++
>  block.h     |    2 
>  block_int.h |    1 
>  cpu-all.h   |    1 
>  exec.c      |   19 ++++++
>  hw/ide.c    |  176 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  vl.c        |    1 
>  7 files changed, 204 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

What's the use of keeping the buffered case ?

Fabrice.