Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFT][PATCH 09/15] hpet/rtc: Rework RTC IRQ replacement by HPET

[Paul Brook]

> Paul Brook wrote:
> >>> This is wrong. The hpet device should expose this as an IO pin.
> >> 
> >> Will look into this.
> >> 
> >> BTW, I just realized that the GPIO handling is apparently lacking
> >> support for attaching an output to multiple inputs. Or am I missing
> >> something?
> > 
> > Use an explicit mux.
> > 
> > Incidentally I suspect your handling of the ISA IRQs is broken. You may
> > never have more than one source connected to a sink.  Shared IRQ lines
> > must be done explicitly.
> 
> No, the other way around: one source (RTC) multiple sinks (HPET, ACPI).
> Will probably draft a generic irq/gpio mux.

I realise that. However I'd expect things to break if the guest OS devices to 
share an IRQ line between the HPET and some other device.

Paul