On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 01:20:50PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 14 November 2016 at 14:32, Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > When running with KVM enabled, you can choose between emulating the > > gic in kernel or user space. If the kernel supports in-kernel virtualization > > of the interrupt controller, it will default to that. If not, if will > > default to user space emulation. > > > > Unfortunately when running in user mode gic emulation, we miss out on > > timer events which are only available from kernel space. This patch leverages > > the new kernel/user space pending line synchronization for those timer events. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@xxxxxxxxxx> > Hi everyone, I probably missed a refresh of this patch, but as I didn't see anything, I picked this one up today in order to test the KVM support recently merged. Tweaking this patch a bit to fit the new ABI allowed me to instantiate a KVM guest without the in-kernel irqchip (tested on a mustang). So, FWIW, this is report of a successful test. Is there a refreshed version of this patch someone can point me to, which I should test instead? Thanks, drew
