linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: change msi-x vector to 32bit

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Date:	Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:17:12 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: change msi-x vector to 32bit

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes:

> The 28 bits aren't enough, are they: we need domain as well (and surely we can
> have more than 16 domains?)

The justification is questionable.  The fact that the irq number
reported for msi-x vectors is only 16bits is a bug.  Everywhere else
in the kernel an irq number is stored in a 32bit field.

We also have a few other bits of craziness in the msix interface.
The entry field in msix_entry is unnecessary.

In fact now that we have a linked list of irq entries we stop passing
the structure entirely.

Eric
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