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Re: Seems like a bug in target_read_stack / dcache_xfer_memory?


On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 03:31:53PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
>   The arguments and return
>   value are just as for target_xfer_partial

The comment is on the logical home of this method, other places should
refer to the header: the definition of to_xfer_partial in struct
target_ops in target.h.

> Anyway, I don't even remember now how I figured this out, but
> I *THINK* what all these guys return is either 0 for success,
> or an errno value less than zoro.

No, they return:

       the number of bytes actually transfered, zero when no
       further transfer is possible, and -1 when the transfer is not
       supported.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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