linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] x86: arch specific support for remapping HPET MSIs

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Date:	Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:12:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Jay Fenlason <fenlason@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86: arch specific support for remapping HPET MSIs


* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:

> x86 arch support for remapping HPET MSI's by associating the HPET 
> timer block with the interrupt-remapping HW unit and setting up 
> appropriate irq_chip

interesting. This means we'd materially utilize the irq-remapper not 
just on relatively obscure, virtualization related setups, but also 
in the native x86 bootup mode, on all (hpet+remap capable) Linux 
systems?

I like it - but i'll defer to Thomas to queue it up.

	Ingo
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