linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make NR_IRQS on 32bit is same to 64bit

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Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:42:57 -0800
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ben Hutchings" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make NR_IRQS on 32bit is same to 64bit

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>> Impact: so NR_IRQS is bigger enough for system with lots of apic/pins
>>
>> Now: if IO_APIC is there, will have big NR_IRQS
>>
>> otherwise still use 224
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai <yinghai@...nel.org>
>
> applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Yinghai! Below are the final form of
> the two commit.
>
> Clean-up sidenote: i think we can now remove the VISWS #ifdef portion
> for good? Mind sending a patch for that too?

could remove CONFIG_PARAVIRT too.. Jeremy?

YH
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