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

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 16:12:52 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * 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?
>

qla2xxx with MSI-X will crash. only happend with the new card that support msi-x.

so it is not absolutely needed.

YH


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