On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:26:49 +0100
Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Len Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > So while the irq compression code on i386 should really
> > be deleted -- even before merging the x86_64 irq-overhaul,
> > this patch simply disables it on all high volume systems
> > to avoid problems #1 and #2 on most all i386 systems.
> >
> > A large system with pin numbers >=64 will still have compression
> > to conserve limited IRQ numbers for sparse IOAPICS. However,
> > the vast majority of the planet, those with only pin numbers < 64
> > will use an identity GSI -> IRQ mapping.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Len Brown <[email protected]>
>
> thanks for the patch and the extensive description. I've applied this to
> x86.git.
Len applied it to his tree too.
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