Hi;
Perhaps Im being an idiot, but it looks to me like the
menu-item for SPARSE_IRQ (under General setup -> IRQ subsystem)
depends solely on MAY_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ, but I only see *one* user
for that in the kernel now, the SuperH arch (arch/sh/Kconfig). It
looks like everyone else explicitly sets SPARSE_IRQ. However the
menu-items description implies it is a more generic option...
It seems like this menu item used to appear, in a forced
on state, then this condition made it disapear, leaving a blank
IRQ subsystem menu for me. I was trying to work around that, but
now, I am not sure exactly what is supposed to be going on here...
Paul
(from kernel/irq/Kconfig)
config SPARSE_IRQ
bool "Support sparse irq numbering" if MAY_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
---help---
Sparse irq numbering is useful for distro kernels that want
to define a high CONFIG_NR_CPUS value but still want to have
low kernel memory footprint on smaller machines.
( Sparse irqs can also be beneficial on NUMA boxes, as they spread
out the interrupt descriptors in a more NUMA-friendly way. )
If you don't know what to do here, say N.
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