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At a high-level, the AIA specification adds three things:

1.  AIA CSRs

   1. Improved local interrupt support

2. Incoming Message Signaled Interrupt Controller (IMSIC)

   1. Per-HART MSI controller

   2. Support MSI virtualization

   3. Support IPI along with virtualization

3. Advanced Platform-Level Interrupt Controller (APLIC)

   1. Wired interrupt controller

   2. In MSI-mode, converts wired interrupt into MSIs (i.e. MSI generator)

   3. In Direct-mode, injects external interrupts directly into HARTs

For an overview of the AIA specification, refer the recent AIA virtualization talk at KVM Forum 2022:
https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kvmforum2022/a1/AIA_Virtualization_in_KVM_RISCV_final.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r071dL8Z0yo

Status

Updates

25 May 2023

• Project reported as priority for 2H23