Re: Is it possible to control irq allocation in QEMU?

[Jakob Bohm]

On 06/12/2020 10:45, Hao Lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use the following options to simulate USB devices.
>
> -drive if=none,id=usbstick,file=usb.qcow2 \
> -usb -device usb-ehci,id=ehci  \
> -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0 \
> -device usb-storage,bus=ehci.0,drive=usbstick
>
> The contents in /proc/interrupts are:
>
>    0:        515   IO-APIC   2-edge      timer
>    1:         63   IO-APIC   1-edge      i8042
>    8:          1   IO-APIC   8-edge      rtc0
>    9:          0   IO-APIC   9-fasteoi   acpi
>   10:        127   IO-APIC  10-fasteoi   ehci_hcd:usb1
>   11:         36   IO-APIC  11-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb2
>   12:          5   IO-APIC  12-edge      i8042
>   14:         93   IO-APIC  14-edge      ata_piix
>   15:          6   IO-APIC  15-edge      ata_piix
>
> I want to know why QEMU allocates irq-10 and irq-11 for the two USB devices.
> Can I make them above irq-15? Thanks!
The classic PC architecture, as introduced by IBM PC/AT only has the 15 
interrupt
lines.

The modern IO-APIC may have options to route PCI(e) interrupts to other 
x86 interrupt
vectors, if activated by the operating system, in this case Linux.

If QEMU emulates such an IO-APIC ability, Linux may have boot options to 
use it, or it
might be configurable in the emulated SeaBIOS.


Enjoy

Jakob
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