DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2006-02
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Re: MSI(-X) interface RFC (was: MSI prototype)
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:On 2/26/06, Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:[re: extra args to bus_setup_intr()]
:...
:> Hmm. I think that might be a bit too messy, not so much because of
:> the extra arguments, but because the arguments aren't really all that
:> generic and only apply to MSI(X) vectors.
:>
:> I have an idea.
:>
:> Have bus_alloc_resource() allocate the container that represents all
:> the vectors, just as you describe, but then create a
:> bus_alloc_sub_resource() procedure to separately allocate each vector
:> within that container. Then call bus_setup_intr() for each vector
:> individually. The driver needs to have a loop of some sort anyway
:> and this way we would actually have a resource descriptor for
:> each individual vector and we wouldn't have to hack up bus_setup_intr().
:
:I like this idea alot! There still needs to be a way for
:bus_setup_intr to know which MSI-X table entry to fill with the vector
:info gleaned from bus_alloc_sub_resource(). Two thoughts come to mind:
:
:1) encode the table entry in bus_setup_intr()'s flag parameter similar
:to how aligment restrictions get passed into bus_alloc_resource with
:rman_make_alignment_flags()
Just have bus_alloc_sub_resource() store the information in
the interrupt record it returns as the resource. Then bus_setup_intr()
can simply access the information without any other changes.
:2) define a bus function that assigns a table entry number to the
:resource. This would only be used for MSI-X as IRQ and MSI only have a
:single entry for their interrupt info. I think this would be similar
:in nature to BUS_CONFIG_INTR(9).
:
:---chuck
I was assuming bus_alloc_sub_resource() would be where the table entry
number is specified / allocated / reserved. But bus_setup_intr() would
be responsible for actually installing it.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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