From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34734) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RffCw-00020n-Le for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:09:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RffCv-0003uj-P2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:09:18 -0500 Received: from mail-qy0-f173.google.com ([209.85.216.173]:35015) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RffCv-0003ue-Li for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:09:17 -0500 Received: by qcsd15 with SMTP id d15so7696036qcs.4 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:09:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4EFA40D1.3010200@calxeda.com> References: <1325016827-11503-1-git-send-email-mark.langsdorf@calxeda.com> <1325016827-11503-10-git-send-email-mark.langsdorf@calxeda.com> <4EFA40D1.3010200@calxeda.com> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:09:17 +0000 Message-ID: From: Peter Maydell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 9/9] arm: make number of a9mpcore GIC interrupts configurable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Mark Langsdorf Cc: "kwolf@redhat.com" , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , Rob Herring , "paul@codesourcery.com" On 27 December 2011 22:04, Mark Langsdorf wrote: > On 12/27/2011 03:59 PM, Peter Maydell wrote: >> The GIC architectural limit on number of interrupts is 1020; >> that would (I think) imply a ~64K memory usage by the GIC, >> which we can live with I think. > > I think you just said you wanted me to define the gic internal > maximum as 1020. I just want to be sure I understood you there. That's "we should define it as 1020 unless you or somebody else thinks that's a terrible idea for some reason". Sorry, that was a bit cryptic. -- PMM