linux-kernel - Multiple MSI, take 4

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:16:00 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	grundler@...isc-linux.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
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	mtk.manpages@...il.com
Subject: Multiple MSI, take 4


Here we go with take 4.  Changes:

 - Check the requested number of interrupts against the maximum number
   the device claims to support.  Thanks to Hidetoshi Seto for pointing
   out this oversight.
 - Implemented Eric's suggestion of using a single IRQ and storing the
   data with it.
 - As a result, don't try to support the mode in the AHCI driver where
   the excess ports all share the last interrupt.  It could be done, but
   it would be rather messy and I don't have hardware that supports that
   mode anyway.

I'm fairly comfortable with the subchannel notion we're introducing
here.  It's more flexible than MSI and doesn't impose a penalty on
architectures which don't implement it.  It makes some things more
complex, but it makes other things simpler, so I think it's a wash from
a cleanliness standpoint.

Git tree still at 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc.git multiple-msi
(and this push specifically at multiple-msi-20080711)

Patches to follow.

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