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SubjectRe: [PATCH HACK] powerpc: quick hack to get a functional eHEA with hardirq preemption
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On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 09:18 +0200, Sebastien Dugue wrote:
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> > Ok, that's the right approach then. It should work. I don't know
> what
> > the specific problems with HEA are at this stage.
>
> Yep, except as it behaves in way that the current -rt fasteoi flow
> cannot handle.

We probably need to make a special xics flow handler for -rt that does
what Milton suggested, ie, bring down the CPU priority right away and
only EOI later or something like that, instead of masking/unmasking.

I don't know what are the other potential issues with the HEA though.

Ben.




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