On May 2, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 04:55:24PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: >> Hi, >> >> in the DSDT there are two different ways of defining, how an >> interrupt >> is supposed to be routed. Currently we are using the LNKA - LNKD >> method, >> which afaict is for legacy support. >> The other method is to directly tell the Operating System, which APIC >> pin the device is attached to. We can get that information from the >> very >> same entry, the LNKA to LNKD pseudo devices receive it. >> >> For now this does not give any obvious improvement. It does leave >> room >> for more advanced mappings, with several IOAPICs that can handle more >> devices separately. This might help when we have a lot of devices, as >> currently all devices sit on two interrupt lanes. >> >> More importantly (for me) though, is that Darwin enables the APIC >> mode >> unconditionally, so it won't easily run in legacy mode. > > Hi Alexander, >
Hi Marcelo, > I'm just about to resend the patchset to add 3 PCI bridges, which > already adds the _SUN method appropriately. Please rebase the APRT > patch > on top of that. Sure, unfortunately I probably won't find the time to do so (or even have a closer look at your patches) until the end of this week. Alex > > > Thanks! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
