David Miller wrote: > From: Manu Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 19:03:12 +0400 > >> i presume then i shouldn't be using IRQF_SHARED, if using MSI. > > That's actually a really good question. > > It is likely architecture dependant whether the PCI controller wires > unique MSI interrupts to shared cpu interrupt lines. > > I can imagine many systems where the cpu simply doesn't have enough > interrupt pins to uniquely identify every possible MSI interrupt > source. >
Ok, that explains it a bit, but i am pulling out a bit of hair on the other aspects i wrote in this thread, of course i am a bit new to PCIe and hence all my questions/doubts. Hope someone can clear them. Thanks, Manu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
