Hi, +1
by the way, is it related with supporting MSI-X ? -masa ----- Original Message ----- >Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:03:06 +0800 >From: Evan Yan <evan....@sun.com> >To: driver-discuss@opensolaris.org >Subject: [driver-discuss] Project proposal: Interrupt Resource Management > > >I'd like to get sponsorship from the Device Drivers community to host a >project for the development of Interrupt Resource Management (IRM) for >OpenSolaris. The sponsorship is also requested in ON community. We think >IRM should be endorsed with both of Device Drivers and ON communities. > >The implementation of Sparc part has already been integrated in Nevada. >The remain work includes the x86 part implementation and working with >device drivers to utilize this feature. > >Attached is the proposal, please review. > >Thanks, >-Evan > >----- inline ----- >Synopsis > > Interrupt Resource Management (IRM) > >Sponsoring Community > > Device Drivers > OS/NET (ON) > >Initial team members > > evan....@sun.com (preferred point of contact) > scott.car...@sun.com > govinda.ta...@sun.com > >Description > > IRM provides a mechanism for device drivers to get more interrupt > vectors (and increased performance). By participating with the new > feature, their number of available interrupts becomes dynamic and > can increase or decrease. The goal is to maximize utilization of > interrupt vectors in a fair manner, and rebalance the allocations > whenever devices are added or removed from the system. > >Related Projects > > It needs some effort in the device driver side to utilize the > feature IRM provides. Currently IRM project team and some device > driver team are working together to improve the drivers with IRM > feature. > >----- inline ----- >_______________________________________________ >driver-discuss mailing list >driver-discuss@opensolaris.org >http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list driver-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
