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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/of: Add support for boot time interrupt delivery mode configuration
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On 22/11/2022 5:14 pm, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 03:39:10PM +0800, Rahul Tanwar wrote:
>> Presently, init/boot time interrupt delivery mode is enumerated
>> only for ACPI enabled systems by parsing MADT table or for older
>> systems by parsing MP table. But for OF based x86 systems, it is
>> assumed & hardcoded to legacy PIC mode. This is a bug for
>> platforms which are OF based but do not use 8259 compliant legacy
>> PIC interrupt controller. Such platforms can not even boot because
>> of this bug/hardcoding.
>>
>> Fix this bug by adding support for configuration of init time
>> interrupt delivery mode for x86 OF based systems by introducing a
>> new optional boolean property 'intel,virtual-wire-mode' for
>> interrupt-controller node of local APIC. This property emulates
>> IMCRP Bit 7 of MP feature info byte 2 of MP floating pointer
>> structure.
>>
>> Defaults to legacy PIC mode if absent. Configures it to virtual
>> wire compatibility mode if present.
>
>> Fixes: 3879a6f32948 ("x86: dtb: Add early parsing of IO_APIC")
>
> If it was never working, there is nothing to fix.
> OTOH, without Cc: stable@ this is up to stable maintainers to
> backport.
>

Agree, will remove fixes tag..


>
>> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
>
> I definitely haven't suggested this fix.
>

Yes, i copy pasted to entire series. I will remove it from this patch.

> ...
>
> The code looks good to me.
>

Thanks.

Regards,
Rahul


> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
>

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