Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:31:29 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Introduce config option for pci reroute quirks (was: [PATCH 0/3] Boot IRQ quirks for Broadcom and AMD/ATI) |
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* Stefan Assmann <sassmann@suse.de> wrote:
> This is against linux-2.6-tip, branch pci-ioapic-boot-irq-quirks. > > From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@suse.de> > Subject: Introduce config option for pci reroute quirks > > The config option X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS is introduced to > enable (or disable) the redirection of the interrupt handler to the > boot interrupt line by default. Depending on the existence of > interrupt masking / threaded interrupt handling in the kernel > (vanilla, rt, ...) and the maturity of the rerouting patch, users can > enable or disable the redirection by default. > > This means that the reroute quirk can be applied to any kernel without > changing it. > > Interrupt sharing could be increased if this option is enabled. > However this option is vital for threaded interrupt handling, as done > by the RT kernel. It should simplify the consolidation with the RT > kernel. > > The option can be overridden by either pci=ioapicreroute or > pci=noioapicreroute.
applied, thanks Stefan.
Ingo
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