Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] hw/intc: Add Nuclei ECLIC device

[Bin Meng]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:27 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:21 AM Alistair Francis <alistair23@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 11:24 PM wangjunqiang <wangjunqiang@iscas.ac.cn> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch provides an implementation of Nuclei ECLIC Device.
> > > Nuclei processor core have been equipped with an Enhanced Core Local
> > > Interrupt Controller (ECLIC), which is optimized based on the RISC-V
> > > standard CLIC, to manage all interrupt sources.
> > >
> > > https://doc.nucleisys.com/nuclei_spec/isa/eclic.html
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > There are patches on the QEMU list adding support for the CLIC. How
> > different is the ECLIC from the CLIC? Could you use the CLIC as a
> > starting point instead of implementing a new interrupt controller?
> >
>
> That's my thought too when I saw this patch at first.
>
> A better way is to scandalize the CLIC support in QEMU first, then we

Sorry for the typo. I meant to say: standardize the CLIC support

> will see how Nuclei's eCLIC could be built on top of that. Thanks!

Regards,
Bin