linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: Raise default NR

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Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:53:28 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@...linux.ru>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: Raise default NR_IRQS when using sparse
 IRQs

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:02:53PM +0300, Pavel Vasilyev wrote:
> On 29.11.2010 22:20, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Rather than have each platform using sparse IRQs pick a suitably large
> > NR_IRQS for use with sparse IRQs make the default high when they are
> > enabled.  We pick 64k as there is still a bitmap of IRQs that is
> > allocated statically, and as we all know 64k should be enough for
> > anyone.

> May be

>   #define NR_IRQS 15*NR_CPUS

No, this is missing the point - that's way too low for many systems
(most except x86 I guess).  The idea is that since we're using sparse
IRQs we've much less reason to restrict the number of IRQs than we do
when we've got a statically allocated table so we can have a higher
default, meaning less need for platforms to individually select a higher
number.
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