[patch 6/6] PS3: Add os-area database routines

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Ranulf Doswell wrote:
> On 08/10/2007, Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com> wrote:
> > > How do we go about claiming one of these OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ keys? I'd
> > > very much like to use this functionality in my python-ps3 games library.
> >
> > It sounds like you should be storing your info in the file system like
> > all other applications do.
> 
> 
> I'd agree that for large amounts of application specific data, the
> filesystem is the correct approach.
> 
> However, in this case the only data required is a single identifier used to
> identify one PS3 from another, and in fact this single 64-bit token can be
> shared amongst many other applications that require the same function -
> certainly I intend to expose it in a common way in my games library's API
> for all users of the library.

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With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
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