From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 22:37:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] dynamic IRQ allocation Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > There are actually relatively few ia64 dependencies in iosapic.c, > too, so I could imagine (in the distant future) using it across > architectures, too. PA-RISC already uses the same hardware, > and I wouldn't be surprised if others do eventually. yes. x86 (Foster, ie HyperThreading CPU) does too. 80-90% of iosapic.c for ia64 and parisc are functionally identical. IIRC, differences are in "discovery" and PCI routing table setup. Haven't looked at x86 version yet. If someone wants to merge them, I can make HW available remotely. I've got all the HW but not the time. :^( (IA64 rx2600 and PARISC A500 are already remotely accessible). grant