Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/9] in-kernel irqchip, new spin

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 09:42:02AM -0200, Glauber Costa wrote:
> >
> > Does msix work with this patchset when in-kernel irqchip
> > is enabled?
> 
> Haven't tested. But since I see that msix need some special code in qemu-kvm,
> it probably won't. But I assume we can just add a patch ontop of this to add
> that code and make it work, right?

Sure. However - are you making in-kernel irqchip the default?
If so, I think the best way to do it would be:
1. add in-kernel irqchip, off by default
2. fix msix with in-kernel
3. make in-kernel on by default

Otherwise you hurt bisectability.

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