> Only the s2io driver even takes advantage of this feature > all other drivers have a fixed number of irqs they need and > bail if they can't get them. My todo list for the mthca (InfiniBand HCA) driver includes adding support for more event queues. When I do that, I'll likely want to try to get something on the order of number_of_cpus plus two or three MSI-X vectors, and fall back to a lower number of vectors if that allocation fails. - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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