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SubjectRe: [Patch V3 19/37] x86, irq: introduce mechanisms to support dynamically allocate IRQ for IOAPIC
On 05/28/2014 12:07 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> Right, so it needs the setup of irq 0 and that only happens when the
> legacy_pic->nr_legacy_irqs > 0.
>
> Do you remember, why we switch to the null_pic later on?

According to my memory all interrupts are serviced by the IOAPIC. The
first 16 by the first IOAPIC, 17+ (everything behind the "PCI-bus") by
the second IOAPIC. For that reason I didn't see a reason for the legacy
PIC and set it to null_pic. Due to the timer problem it is delayed.

> Thanks,
>
> tglx

Sebastian


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