From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754774AbYDIPBW (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:01:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752620AbYDIPBP (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:01:15 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:40382 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752641AbYDIPBO (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:01:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:59:45 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alan Mayer Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel list Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Change FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR to a variable. Message-ID: <20080409145945.GB17100@elte.hu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.1 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.1 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.1 BAYES_05 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 1 to 5% [score: 0.0108] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Alan Mayer wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Change FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR to a variable. > > From: Alan Mayer > > The SGI UV system needs several more system vectors than a vanilla > x86_64 system. Rather than burden the other archs with extra system > vectors that they don't use, change FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR to a variable, > so that it can be dynamic. nice - but please split this up into two patches: first one that changes the generic code to use a variable limit - this patch will (should) be a functional NOP. then a second patch adds those two new UV vectors. Also, could you please also change the 32-bit side as well so that we at least keep the two implementations roughly in sync? Ingo