On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:16:59PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > @@ -340,8 +341,7 @@ int __init i2o_driver_init(void)
> > spin_lock_init(&i2o_drivers_lock);
> >
> > if ((i2o_max_drivers < 2) || (i2o_max_drivers > 64) ||
> > - ((i2o_max_drivers ^ (i2o_max_drivers - 1)) !=
> > - (2 * i2o_max_drivers - 1))) {
> > + !is_power_of_2(i2o_max_drivers)) {
> > osm_warn("max_drivers set to %d, but must be >=2 and <= 64 and "
> > "a power of 2\n", i2o_max_drivers);
> > i2o_max_drivers = I2O_MAX_DRIVERS;
>
> Is there any particular reason why i2o_max_drivers must be a power of two?
> It seems a peculiar constraint.
I can't find the reason.
Subject: [patch -mm] i2o: eliminate a peculiar constraint on i2o_max_drivers
There is no reason i2o_max_drivers must be a power of two.
This patch eliminates such a constraint.
Cc: Markus Lidel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>
---
drivers/message/i2o/driver.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: 2.6-mm/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
+++ 2.6-mm/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/log2.h>
#include "core.h"
#define OSM_NAME "i2o"
@@ -340,10 +339,9 @@ int __init i2o_driver_init(void)
spin_lock_init(&i2o_drivers_lock);
- if ((i2o_max_drivers < 2) || (i2o_max_drivers > 64) ||
- !is_power_of_2(i2o_max_drivers)) {
- osm_warn("max_drivers set to %d, but must be >=2 and <= 64 and "
- "a power of 2\n", i2o_max_drivers);
+ if ((i2o_max_drivers < 2) || (i2o_max_drivers > 64)) {
+ osm_warn("max_drivers set to %d, but must be >=2 and <= 64\n",
+ i2o_max_drivers);
i2o_max_drivers = I2O_MAX_DRIVERS;
}
osm_info("max drivers = %d\n", i2o_max_drivers);
-
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