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SubjectRe: Regression: Bisected, IRQ and MSI allocations screwed without sparse irq
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From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@diku.dk>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:32 +0100 (CET)

> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> >>> Can you please try the attached patch ?
> >>
> >> I have tried the patch and it solved the problem! :-)
> >>
> >> I'll gladly test other patches from your. Guess this patch needs to be
> >> brushed up before a mainline patch is ready.
> >
> > Ok, I queue it for mainline. This solves just the number of irqs
> > limitation, the rmmod problem still persists, right ?
>
> It solves both the irq limit and the NIU driver unload bug.

I think it "solves" the unload BUG because the driver never has
to fallback to IO_APIC irqs and abort trying to use MSI-X
any longer.

Only the IRQ limit bug is fixed by Thomas's patch.


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