linux-kernel - Different IRQ mapping from 2.6.27->2.6.28?

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Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:26:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Different IRQ mapping from 2.6.27->2.6.28?

Had a quick question, prior to 2.6.28 the 915 controller always shared irq 16
with the 3ware controller and possibly usb.

$ cat /proc/interrupts
            CPU0       CPU1       CPU2       CPU3
   0:        829          0          0          0   IO-APIC-edge      timer
   1:          2          0          0          0   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
   9:          0          0          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   acpi
  12:          4          0          0          0   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
  16:     426034     626134    1351627    1342735   IO-APIC-fasteoi   3w-9xxx, uhci_hcd:usb3
  17:          0          0          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   pata_marvell
  18:          0          0          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb7
  19:       1375        341          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ohci1394, uhci_hcd:usb6
  21:     297232    2133384     741689    1238741   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb4, eth1
  22:     205140     294852    1063046     234799   IO-APIC-fasteoi   HDA Intel, eth2
  23:     332083    3050489          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb5
375:     376161    1019158     163030      68967   PCI-MSI-edge      ahci
376:      56580    2533694     390596    2673511   PCI-MSI-edge      eth0
377:          0          0          0          0   PCI-MSI-edge      i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
NMI:          0          0          0          0   Non-maskable interrupts
LOC:  213813409  215685728  213463846  214264243   Local timer interrupts
RES:      62066      64812      41593      54593   Rescheduling interrupts
CAL:       1425       1476       1445        606   Function call interrupts
TLB:      96105      94258     117036     107468   TLB shootdowns
TRM:          0          0          0          0   Thermal event interrupts
THR:          0          0          0          0   Threshold APIC interrupts
SPU:          0          0          0          0   Spurious interrupts
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

I was curious if this change had something to do with it?

From:
http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges?action=print
i915: Add support for MSI and interrupt mitigation. (commit), disable MSI on GM965 (errata says it doesn't work) (commit)

Are there any pros or cons having the device mapped to the PCI-MSI-edge vs.
sitting on a regular IRQ?  I am trying to understand the differences here,
thanks!

Justin.

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