Re: in-kernel interrupt controller steering

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On 06.03.2013, at 15:12, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> Il 06/03/2013 15:03, Alexander Graf ha scritto:
>> KVM_IRQ_LINE is basically an IOAPIC interrupt line assert. That's
>> fine. That ioctl should get an ioapic device handle to work on.
> 
> It would be a KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR in your case, right?

No, it would be KVM_IRQ_LINE. It's basically a command ("do this interrupt"), not an attribute modification. Unless we want to implement the IRQ pin levels on the "IOAPIC" as attributes. Then it'd be a SET_DEVICE_ATTR. But that makes edge interrupt injection harder / less obvious ;).


Alex

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