linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 13/17] x86: allow the irq->vector translation to be determined outside of ioapic

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Message-ID: <20090331201625.60f1ea81@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:16:25 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, agraf@...e.de, pmullaney@...ell.com,
	pmorreale@...ell.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/17] x86: allow the irq->vector translation to be
 determined outside of ioapic

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:43:55 -0400
Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com> wrote:

> The ioapic code currently privately manages the mapping between irq
> and vector.  This results in some layering violations as the support
> for certain MSI operations need this info.  As a result, the MSI
> code itself was moved to the ioapic module.  This is not really
> optimal.

This appears to have been muddled in with the vnet patches ?
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