Re: [PATCH 1/3] kvm: fix irq 0 assignment

Sheng Yang
2009-03-05T02:47:08Z

On Thursday 05 March 2009 03:41:41 Chris Wright wrote:
> * Marcelo Tosatti (mtosatti@redhat.com) wrote:
> > Please do not special case irq 0. The fact that only x86/IA64 are
> > supported at the moment does not mean other architectures can't
> > use it.
>
> Seems logical to use a flag instead of overloading the irq value.
>
> > Also, the kernel code to handle dev/irq assignment is quite messy. It
> > should be only a mechanism, with userspace controlling the policy.
>
> I really agree here. I think some work to simplify/clarify would be
> time well-spent!

So do I... After discussion with Marcelo, I would work with him on this clean
up. :)

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Yang, Sheng