[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 4/4] i8254: convert to qdev

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-03-06 16:35, Blue Swirl wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 2011-02-13 22:10, Blue Swirl wrote:
>>> Convert to qdev. Don't expose PITState.
>>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> diff --git a/hw/pc.h b/hw/pc.h
>>> index 60f8c42..feb8a7a 100644
>>> --- a/hw/pc.h
>>> +++ b/hw/pc.h
>>> @@ -82,14 +82,23 @@ void isa_irq_handler(void *opaque, int n, int level);
>>>
>>>  #define PIT_FREQ 1193182
>>>
>>> -typedef struct PITState PITState;
>>> +static inline ISADevice *pit_init(int base, int irq)
>>> +{
>>> +    ISADevice *dev;
>>> +
>>> +    dev = isa_create("isa-pit");
>>> +    qdev_prop_set_uint32(&dev->qdev, "iobase", base);
>>> +    qdev_prop_set_uint32(&dev->qdev, "irq", irq);
>>> +    qdev_init_nofail(&dev->qdev);
>>> +
>>> +    return dev;
>>> +}
>>
>> This should be moved to i8254.c. We cannot compile the PIT out, and the
>> above contains no board information. So I see no reason for this inlining.
> 
> I see no reason for moving this back. In fact, if this was only used
> by PC, it could be moved to pc.c.

To my understanding, it's a factory helper for the PIT, avoiding
boilerplate code at the creator site. And if we get >1 users, this
cleanup would definitely pay off.

Jan

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