> On 17 Jul 2025, at 18:13, Marc Zyngier <m...@kernel.org> wrote: > > WARNING: This email originated from outside of Qualcomm. Please be wary of > any links or attachments, and do not enable macros. > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:45:37 +0100, > Mark Burton <mbur...@qti.qualcomm.com> wrote: >> >> So long as we can also switch to the emulated GIC when we want/need >> to :-) (looking at you KVM :-)) > > KVM really doesn't need such a non-feature. Specially as it cannot be > implemented without an actual GICv3 in HW, for obvious reasons. > > My not-so-secret plan is to eventually deprecate the userspace > interface anyway, as it has been bitrotting for quite some time, and > can be replaced with an in-kernel GICv2 emulation. > > But this is getting majorly off-topic in this thread...
Different use case, but yes, I agree the user space interface interface is an issue…. Cheers Mark. > > M. > > -- > Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
