linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v4 07/14] msi: Add a new MSI_FLAG_IRQ

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:06:08 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v4 07/14] msi: Add a new MSI_FLAG_IRQ_REMAPPING flag

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Eric Auger wrote:

> Let's introduce a new msi_domain_info flag value, MSI_FLAG_IRQ_REMAPPING
> meant to tell the domain supports IRQ REMAPPING, also known as Interrupt
> Translation Service. On Intel HW this capability is abstracted on IOMMU
> side while on ARM it is abstracted on MSI controller side.
> 
> GICv3 ITS HW is the first HW advertising that feature.

No. We add the flag, epxlain what it does and then in a second step add the
user _after_ all other preliminaries are implemented.
 
Thanks,

	tglx