linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/18] docs: irq/concepts: Minor improvements

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Message-ID: <20250115085409.1629787-16-jirislaby@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:54:04 +0100
From: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: tglx@...utronix.de
Cc: maz@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 15/18] docs: irq/concepts: Minor improvements

Just note in the docs:
1) A PCI as an example for shared interrupts,
2) a sparse tree can be used for interrupts too, and
3) two i8259s have 8 pins.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---
 Documentation/core-api/irq/concepts.rst | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/irq/concepts.rst b/Documentation/core-api/irq/concepts.rst
index f166006a81f6..7c4564f3cbdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/irq/concepts.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/irq/concepts.rst
@@ -4,18 +4,20 @@ What is an IRQ?
 
 An IRQ is an interrupt request from a device. Currently, they can come
 in over a pin, or over a packet. Several devices may be connected to
-the same pin thus sharing an IRQ.
+the same pin thus sharing an IRQ. Such as on legacy PCI bus: All devices
+typically share 4 lanes/pins. Note that each device can request an
+interrupt on each of the lanes.
 
 An IRQ number is a kernel identifier used to talk about a hardware
 interrupt source. Typically, this is an index into the global irq_desc
-array, but except for what linux/interrupt.h implements, the details
-are architecture specific.
+array or sparse_irqs tree. But except for what linux/interrupt.h
+implements, the details are architecture specific.
 
 An IRQ number is an enumeration of the possible interrupt sources on a
 machine. Typically, what is enumerated is the number of input pins on
 all of the interrupt controllers in the system. In the case of ISA,
-what is enumerated are the 16 input pins on the two i8259 interrupt
-controllers.
+what is enumerated are the 8 input pins on each of the two i8259
+interrupt controllers.
 
 Architectures can assign additional meaning to the IRQ numbers, and
 are encouraged to in the case where there is any manual configuration
-- 
2.48.0