Re: [git pull, take 2] x86 updates for v2.6.28, phase #9, sparseIRQ support

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 15:47:34 EST



* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Linus,
> >>
> >> Please pull the latest x86-v28-for-linus-phase9 git tree from:
> >>
> >> Sparse IRQ support - make NR_IRQS dynamic by turning it into nr_irqs,
> >> an by creating irq descriptors in a sparse way.
> >>
> >> Includes a number of dependent x86 topics: timers/hpet-percpu, IO-APIC
> >> and local APIC code unification, UV support updates.
> >>
> >> Has been cross-built on all architectures we could get crosscompilers
> >> for:
> >>
> >> http://www.tglx.de/autoqa/index
> >>
> >> It should be largely uneventful for sparse-irq unaware, non-x86
> >> architectures.
> >
> > please find updated pull request below. Relative to phase-N-1. Updates
> > from today in this class of topics:
> >
> > b570868: x86: apic - unify APIC_DIVISOR
> >
> > And i removed:
> >
> > eada62c: acpi/x86: introduce __apci_map_table, v4
> >
> > [ Cc:-ed Yinghai for that - we can live without that patch (i.e. we at
> > most get a leak warning) and can have that via acpi.git, correct? ]
>
> yes. we have several patches that even didn't pick up for a while.
>
> also please ask Linus to pull pci tree from Jesse before sparseirq.
>
> because we need
> PCI: change MSI-x vector to 32bit
>
> in pci tree.

is it absolutely needed?

Ingo
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