[PATCH 6/9] MPIC MSI allocator

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Fri Dec 15 12:51:40 EST 2006


On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 02:47 +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >>> "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).

OK I'm gonna lock you two in a padded room, and whoever comes out alive
gets to name the property, OK? Then let me know what it is and I'll
update the freakin code!

:D

cheers

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