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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix NR_IRQS when no IO apic
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 19:42, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> What about when ioapic is configured but not present?

Then we are back where we started?  Which, unless I am missing
something, is just a waste of memory?

I see this as a no-change if CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC is set, but a proper
setting of NR_IRQS (which doesn't hurt anything but make our
arrays/loops/etc off if not set) for the case of non-IOAPIC.

	Robert Love

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