Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: irqfd generalization prepare patch set

Gleb Natapov
2013-04-25T07:28:14Z

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 01:20:31PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 07:26:08PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > The concept of an irqfd and interrupt routing are nothing particularly tied
> > into the IOAPIC implementation. In fact, most of the code already is perfectly
> > generic.
> >
> > This patch set decouples most bits of the existing irqchip and irqfd
> > implementation to make it reusable for non-IOAPIC platforms, like the PPC MPIC.
> >
> > I also have a patch that implements working irqfd support on top of these,
> > but that requires the in-kernel MPIC implementation to go upstream first, so
> > I'm holding off on it until we settled everything there, so the concept
> > certainly does work.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> Nice cleanup, thanks! Should expect a new series with "ifdef
> kvm_irqchip" and ia64 compilation fixed. The fixes are minor enough for
> me to fix them while applying.
>
Actually the series does not apply any more and has to be rebased on top of the
current queue.

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Gleb.