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

[Maxim Levitsky]

On Wed, 2019-02-06 at 11:20 +0000, Suthikulpanit, Suravee wrote:
> 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

Hi!

Do you have any update on the state of this patch? 
I kind of stumbled on it accidently, while
trying to understand why AVIC is only enabled in the split irqchip mode.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky