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Re: [Xen-devel] [VTD][PATCH] interrupt remapping patch for xen 3.3

To: "Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [VTD][PATCH] interrupt remapping patch for xen 3.3
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:13:53 +0000
Cc: "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>
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What exactly does irq remapping mean, and what are its benefits in the
current Xen VT-D architecture? It's really not at all clear what's going on
from the current VT-D documentation.

Since all interrupts get abstracted through Xen right now, if it's just an
interrupt-line remapping then that doesn't seem very useful...

 -- Keir

On 24/1/08 02:33, "Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Attached patch remaps interrupt for passthru device if such HW is
> detected on VT-d platforms.
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> Signed-off-by: Allen Kay <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>
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