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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] KVM: i8254: Remove need for irq ack notifier
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Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

> Alternatively, it is probably a good time to switch the default to split irqchip
> in QEMU.  Split irqchip was introduced in kernel 4.5, which was released about
> three years ago.

I totally agree. At some point, the in-kernel PIT/PIC emulation should
also be removed, but I guess it's too early to talk about this.

Julian