Re: [PATCH] KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devices

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 08:40:59PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2012-01-10 20:04, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>>  But IMO this
> >>> shows it is a more generic interface.
> >>
> >> I'm worried about adding something new that will soon become obsolete
> >> again. That's wasted effort IMHO unless we say today that there will be
> >> no in-kernel MSI-X support.
> >>
> >> Jan
> > 
> > Yes. But as we are adding a new interface maybe it's better to add a
> > more generic one? I don't insist as I don't have a specific proposal,
> > just something to consider.
> 
> I could imagine defining an extensible IRQ masking interface, e.g. with
> flags that select the type, but only implementing it for INTx for now.
> 
> Jan
> 

I guess if we pass in the IRQ# the type can be inferred and does not
need to be passed in.

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