Re: [PATCH 6/6] powerpc: Enable sparse irq_descs on powerpc

2009-10-14 Thread Grant Likely
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 12:44 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: >> Why not make sparse IRQs manditory for all platforms?  Is there a >> performance concern with doing so?  From a maintenance perspective, >> I'd rather see IRQ descs manged in one wa

Re: [PATCH 6/6] powerpc: Enable sparse irq_descs on powerpc

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 12:44 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Michael Ellerman > wrote: > > Defining CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ enables generic code that gets rid of the > > static irq_desc array, and replaces it with an array of pointers to > > irq_descs. > > > > It also allow

Re: [PATCH 6/6] powerpc: Enable sparse irq_descs on powerpc

2009-10-14 Thread Grant Likely
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Defining CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ enables generic code that gets rid of the > static irq_desc array, and replaces it with an array of pointers to > irq_descs. > > It also allows node local allocation of irq_descs, however we > currently don't ha