Re: [PATCH] x86: update_mptable need pci_routeirq

[Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>]

On Friday 15 May 2009 01:51:56 pm Yinghai Lu wrote:
> to get all device irq routing and save them

This changelog isn't really enough for me to understand
what's going on.

> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/acpi.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
> +#include <linux/pci.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/mtrr.h>
>  #include <asm/mpspec.h>
> @@ -961,6 +962,7 @@ static int __initdata enable_update_mpta
>  static int __init update_mptable_setup(char *str)
>  {
>  	enable_update_mptable = 1;
> +	pci_routeirq = 1;

I hate to see new uses of pci_routeirq.  It'd be nice to remove it
completely someday.  But maybe it can't be helped.

>  	return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("update_mptable", update_mptable_setup);

"update_mptable" is apparently a boot option, but it's not mentioned
in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.  Is this some sort of debug
code or BIOS-writer's helper?  Same with "alloc_mptable".  Why do
we have this stuff?

> @@ -973,6 +975,7 @@ static int __initdata alloc_mptable;
>  static int __init parse_alloc_mptable_opt(char *p)
>  {
>  	enable_update_mptable = 1;
> +	pci_routeirq = 1;
>  	alloc_mptable = 1;
>  	if (!p)
>  		return 0;