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Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:17:34 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: drop HARDIRQ_BITS definition from hardirq.h

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 16:43, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> linux/hardirq.h contains a fallback for HARDIRQ_BITS to 10
> if it's not defined, so it is pointless to define a default
> of 8 in asm/hardirq.h. There does not seem to be a good
> reason why an architecture would want to limit the number
> of hardirqs this way.
>
> Reported-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  include/asm-generic/hardirq.h |   13 -------------
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> On Sunday 14 June 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> is there any downsides to using a "too large" value ?  i.e. if my
>> system has less than 256, does it make any difference at all if it's
>> set to 10 ?
>
> None that I know of. I'm queuing this patch in my asm-generic tree now,
> unless Steven or someone else has a better idea.

based on Steven's comments, this patch makes sense to me
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
-mike
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