[PATCH 6/9] MPIC MSI allocator

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Dec 15 12:47:56 EST 2006


>>> "msi-ranges" is ambiguous, are the ranges available or reserved?
>>>
>>> How about "msi-available-ranges" :D
>>
>> The property describes vectors that are not (yet) in use by
>> the hardware; so let's do "available-vectors"?
>
> If we are going to be pedantic, it should be msi-available-sources :-)

But a) it's not really MSI-only, and b) they're not source
numbers, but delivery vector numbers (yeah, those are almost
the same on U3/U4, but hey).


Segher




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