[RFC Part2 v1 00/21] Enable hierarchy irqdomian on x86 platforms

Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2014-09-25T08:15:55Z

(2014/09/25 4:25), Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>> I cannot imagine why the feature makes x86 irq architecture much more clear
>> and more easy to maintain in this description. Of course, I have read the
>> following threads:
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/11/101
>

> Here is the long version of the idea:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/26/707

This is very helpful for the understanding of this feature.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

>
> Short version is:
>
> Separate the irq handling entities in a clear layered way instead of
> having vector/[io]apic specific knowledge/data in places like msi,
> remap etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
>