Re: [PATCH] pci: change msi-x vector to 32bit

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sat Aug 16 2008 - 11:58:01 EST


> Where exactly is this code in the kernel? Most arches assume the irq is
> an index to a compact table bounded by NR_IRQS, so something like this
> would violate that assumption.

Yes, which is no bad thing for some platforms. There are some driver
assumptions like that but those have also been stomped.

Alan
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