Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] memory: allow MemoryRegion's priority field to accept negative values

2013-09-09 Thread Marcel Apfelbaum
On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 12:28 +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 9 September 2013 12:11, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote: > > Priority is used to make visible some subregions by obscuring > > the parent MemoryRegion addresses overlapping with the subregion. > > > > By allowing the priority to be negative the o

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] memory: allow MemoryRegion's priority field to accept negative values

2013-09-09 Thread Peter Maydell
On 9 September 2013 12:11, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote: > Priority is used to make visible some subregions by obscuring > the parent MemoryRegion addresses overlapping with the subregion. > > By allowing the priority to be negative the opposite can be done: > Allow a subregion to be visible on all the

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] memory: allow MemoryRegion's priority field to accept negative values

2013-09-09 Thread Marcel Apfelbaum
Priority is used to make visible some subregions by obscuring the parent MemoryRegion addresses overlapping with the subregion. By allowing the priority to be negative the opposite can be done: Allow a subregion to be visible on all the addresses not covered by the parent MemoryRegion or other sub