Re: [RFC PATCH 8/8] svm: Allow AVIC with in-kernel irqchip mode

From: Suthikulpanit, Suravee
Date: Wed Feb 06 2019 - 06:21:05 EST


Alex,

On 2/6/19 1:34 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 14:42:32 +0000
> "Suthikulpanit, Suravee"<Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Once the IRQ ack notifier for in-kernel PIT is no longer required
>> and run-time AVIC activate/deactivate is supported, we can remove
>> the kernel irqchip split mode requirement for AVIC.
>>
>> Hence, remove the check for irqchip split mode when enabling AVIC.
> Yay! Could we also at this point make avic enabled by default or are
> there remaining incompatibilities? Thanks,

I'm looking into that next. I would need to ensure that enabling
AVIC would not cause issues with other features.

Suravee