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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add MSI support to xen environment

To: "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add MSI support to xen environment
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:49:40 +0000
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Er, maybe. Does this slot in with some of the other patches you previously
sent? Are we shooting to get this into 3.2.0 (scary!)?

 -- Keir

On 30/10/07 14:27, "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So, Keir, how about the attached method for the per-domain pirq?
> Now there is no need to change domain0 any more. Also domain U can't do
> the map. I verified current domain0/domU works on it.
> But it still changes the control panel and hope that is acceptable.
> 
> Thanks
> Yunhong Jiang
> 
> xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <> wrote:
>> On 26/10/07 16:02, "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>> dom0 needs to be involved, since we can't let domU map any arbitrary
>>>> vector into its pirq space. Since dom0 has to be involved in access
>>>> control to the irq vector space, can't it do the mapping?
>>> 
>>> yes, what I mean is, "before starting the domain" works for IOAPIC
> IRQ,
>>> not MSI. MSI will still through communcation between PCI
>>> frontend/backend directly.
>> 
>> Oh, I see. Then it probably has to be a phydevop and let dom0 kernel
> do it.
>> But there should be no reason to let domU use the map_irq physdev_op
> at all.
>> 
>> -- Keir
>> 
>> 
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