Kenji Kaneshige wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to make a patch that allows device vectors to be shared by
>multiple interrupt sources. This patch enables ia64 linux to boot on
>the machine that has single vector number space and many device
>interrupt sources (more than 184).
>
>I
>
Hi Kenji,

An other or complementary way is to attach a vector only for interrupt
lines witch are used, PCI slots have 4 interrupt lines but only 1 or
sometime 2 are used by adapters.

Find hereafter a patch tested on IA64 platform.

Jean-Francois.

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