On Thu, 2025-05-29 at 23:55 +1200, Kai Huang wrote: > On Mon, 2025-05-19 at 16:28 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > Add a Kconfig to allowing building KVM without support for emulating an > ^ > allow > > > I/O APIC, PIC, and PIT, which is desirable for deployments that effectively > > don't support a fully in-kernel IRQ chip, i.e. never expect any VMM to > > create an in-kernel I/O APIC. > > > > Do you happen to know what developments don't support a full in-kernel IRQ chip? > > Do they only support userspace IRQ chip, or not support any IRQ chip at all? Forgot to ask: Since this new Kconfig option is not only for IOAPIC but also includes PIC and PIT, is CONFIG_KVM_IRQCHIP a better name?