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

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Mon Jun 18 07:54:53 EDT 2012


On 06/18/2012 01:35 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> 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.

ok.

Thanks,
Michal


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