[RFC PATCH 00/11] Refactor MSI to support Non-PCI device

[Yijing Wang]

>> Provide the private MSI setup functions in bus-driver layer can't apply to all
>> Non-PCI MSI devices, because we can not guarantee Non-PCI MSI devices are always
>> on a bus. The existing HPET, DMAR device both have no bus bind.
> 
> Yes, that's why I was not sure of bus-driver or device-driver model.
> 
>> I'm working on a
>> new MSI setup framework, as you mentioned before, in device-driver model.
>>
>> I abstracted a new virtual device (called struct msi_dev), this msi_dev will
>> manage all MSI info,
> 
> Will this "struct msi_dev" will be part of "struct device"?
> 
>> and a new bus named msi_bus, also introduced a new driver
>> msi_driver, msi_bus is responsible for binding msi_dev and msi_driver.
>> All MSI devices will be classified into different MSI device types, like
>> MSI_TYPE_PCI, MSI_TYPE_HPET, MSI_TYPE_DMAR, etc..
>>
>> Each MSI type device should provide a private struct msi_driver. msi_driver
>> should contain the type specific MSI ops functions to help setup and enable MSI
>> device, request MSI irq.
>>
>> I almost finish the first draft, and will post out next week in plan :)
> 
> Will be looking forward to next version.

Hi Bharat, I'm sorry I had to delay to send out the new version :(. I found some risks in the
new MSI framework, i.e. DMAR MSI initialized the MSI before the linux device-driver tree be built.
And we also found some problems during test. So I think I need more time to review and test.

Thanks!
Yijing.

> 
> Thanks
> -Bharat
> 
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>>
>> Thanks!
>> Yijing.
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>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Bharat
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>>>>
>>>> My patchset is just a RFC draft, I will update it later, all we want
>>>> to do is make kernel support Non-PCI MSI devices.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Yijing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Arnab
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Thanks!
Yijing