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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 irq: Kill NR_IRQ_VECTORS and increase NR_IRQS
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> Allowing the kernel to work on big machines without complicated
> and error prone irq remapping logic.

How much memory does this use by default? If it's much there should
be at least a CONFIG_* to make it smaller.

-Andi