Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262713AbUCMAXs (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:23:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262804AbUCMAXs (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:23:48 -0500 Received: from fmr06.intel.com ([134.134.136.7]:45290 "EHLO caduceus.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262713AbUCMAXn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:23:43 -0500 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 Subject: RE: RE[PATCH]2.6.4-rc3 MSI Support for IA64 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:22:00 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: RE[PATCH]2.6.4-rc3 MSI Support for IA64 Thread-Index: AcQIiqOOwsuywEBTRCmro2hS8qsDeAABavCw From: "Nguyen, Tom L" To: , "Zwane Mwaikambo" Cc: "long" , , , , , "Nakajima, Jun" , "Luck, Tony" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Mar 2004 00:22:00.0722 (UTC) FILETIME=[33E62F20:01C40891] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1125 Lines: 29 On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, David Mosberger wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:26:39 -0500 (EST), Zwane Mwaikambo said: > Zwane> I wonder if we could consolidate these vector allocators as > Zwane> assign_irq_vector(AUTO_ASSIGN) has the same semantics as > Zwane> ia64_alloc_vector() and the one for i386 is also almost the > Zwane> same as its MSI ilk. > Agreed. I don't see any reason why ia64_alloc_vector() and > assign_irq_vector() couldn't or shouldn't be one and the same thing > (and assign_irq_vector() is a fine name). Agree. Thanks! > Tom, if you want to send me a patch that converts the existing uses of > ia64_alloc_vector() to assign_irq_vector(), I'd be happy to apply > (assuming it's clean etc., as usual). Thanks! We'll do. I will work with Tony and Jun to consolidate i386/IA64 vector allocators to ensure it is clean. Thanks, Long - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/