Re: in-kernel interrupt controller steering

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Il 06/03/2013 15:30, 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 ;).

Why is it harder?  You don't really inject interrupts, you inject
changes of the pin status, don't you?

Paolo
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