linux-kernel - Re: [v4 08/16] KVM: kvm-vfio: User API for IRQ forwarding

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:50:05 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>
Cc:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi.kivity@...il.com>,
	"Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	"mtosatti@...hat.com" <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [v4 08/16] KVM: kvm-vfio: User API for IRQ forwarding

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 06:17:03PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> I guess this discussion also is relevant wrt "[RFC v6 00/16] KVM-VFIO
> IRQ forward control" series? Or is that "central registry maintained by
> a posted interrupts manager" something more specific to x86?

>From what I understood so far, the feature you implemented for ARM is a
bit different from the ones that get introduced to x86.

Can you please share some details on how the ARM version works? I am
interested in how the GICv2 is configured for IRQ forwarding. The
question is whether the forwarding information needs to be updated from
KVM and what information about the IRQ KVM needs for this.


	Joerg

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