[RFC PATCH 5/8] AMP: smp: Extend number of IPIs

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Jun 18 07:35:48 EDT 2012


On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:30:08PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> GIC supports up to 16 IPIs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu>
> 
> ---
> Please correct me if this code is also designed for different
> interrupt controller which doesn't support 16 IPIs.

This code is not specific to the GIC.  We use NR_IPI to indicate the
number of IPIs that the kernel actually uses, not the number which the
hardware provides.



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