> > John Keller <jpk@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > Add support for IOAPIC NMI interrupts on x86_64. > > > > Changes include the following: > > > > - Obtain the NMI IOAPIC info via an ACPI NMI SRC structure that is > > part of the MADT, and program the IOAPIC redirection register. > > The NMI SRC struct will contain the GSI of the NMI interrupt. > > > > - Setup irq_desc[] and irq_2_pin[] entries for the NMI interrupt irq, > > which will be used by the generic mask/unmask routines. This will > > allow a driver to enable/disable the NMI interrupt via > > enable/disable_irq(). > > What's the motivation for this patch? In our specific case, a loadable driver will register to process the NMI generated by a timer device on the IOAPIC pin. The driver will need to unmask/mask the NMI interrupt at init/exit time. The timer NMI interrupt will be used to synchronize cluster nodes. John > > -Andi > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
