Example for how to do PCI interrupt-line shared interrupts without MSIs

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Issue type
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Needs clarification
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Start with issue #600 and the shared-interrupt discussion quoted here to understand the PCI interrupt-line pattern and why an intermediary protection domain is needed. Identify the appropriate documentation location, then add a concrete example showing the pattern without MSIs; done means the example explains how the interrupt is routed to the correct device domain.

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Even if the kernel allowed it, you still can't tell which PD the interrupt is for, you need device knowledge for that, which requires either broadcast or some driver-level knowledge: so to replicate it on seL4 you need an intermediary PD.

(Possibly we should document this pattern somewhere?)

Originally posted by @midnightveil in https://github.com/seL4/microkit/issues/600#issuecomment-5674264518

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