Re: Implementing a generic binary trace interface.

["Jose R. Santos" <jrs at us dot ibm dot com>]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:

> > [...]
> > 2) It does not limit the number or type of arguments that a trace
> > hook can have.  The current implementation limits you to 16 data
> > points of size long.
>
> You might find that those fixed typing/size constraints are exactly
> what allows the Hitachi code to go fast.
>
>
> - FChE
>
>  
And I completely agree. My point is that such constraints should be part 
of tapset using the generic interface and not part of the generic 
interface itself. The other alternative is to have a different interface 
for each different tracing methodology which I think is redundant.

-JRS