Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/8] ppc64: SPU file system | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Sun, 15 May 2005 16:29:06 +1000 |
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> Using a write call instead of read makes the interface even more > complicated because it would require the user to read the status > from a separate file after write returns to check what needs to > be done and then use lseek() or yet another file to access the > instruction pointer.
Why not just write(pc) to start and read back status from the same file ?
Ben.
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