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

Alexander Graf
2013-04-25T09:35:42Z

On 25.04.2013, at 09:28, Gleb Natapov wrote:

> 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.

Heh, we're already at v3:

http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org/msg06214.html

Alex