RE: [RFT][PATCH] i386 per cpu IDT (2.6.12-rc1-mm1)

From: Protasevich, Natalie
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 01:10:38 EST


Hi Zwane,
Great news, thanks! I will start testing it, pretty sure I can arrange
MSI devices, too.
As for your comment about vector allocation policy - allocation on the
node where device resides does sound logical to me...
Regards,
--Natalie
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
> > Apologies for the long periods between updates, i've been
> doing some
> > relocating.
> >
> > Changes since last post:
> >
> > * Current interrupt handling domain is still on a node
> basis, although
> > i have moved over to dynamically allocated per cpu IDTs.
>
> One thing i have to fix here is alignment of cpu_idt_table,
> since the per cpu allocator can't guarantee much in that regard.
>
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