CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ: Support sparse irq numbering

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ has multiple definitions:

Support sparse irq numbering found in kernel/irq/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt: Support sparse irq numbering
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MAY_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
• defined in kernel/irq/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.37–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD

Help text

Sparse irq numbering is useful for distro kernels that want to define a high NR_CPUS value but still want to have low kernel memory footprint on smaller machines.

( Sparse irqs can also be beneficial on NUMA boxes, as they spread out the interrupt descriptors in a more NUMA-friendly way. )

If you don't know what to do here, say N.

Support sparse irq numbering found in arch/powerpc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt: Support sparse irq numbering
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/powerpc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.33–2.6.37

Help text

This enables support for sparse irqs. This is useful for distro kernels that want to define a high NR_CPUS value but still want to have low kernel memory footprint on smaller machines.

( Sparse IRQs can also be beneficial on NUMA boxes, as they spread out the irq_desc[] array in a more NUMA-friendly way. )

If you don't know what to do here, say N.

found in arch/arm/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/arm/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.36–2.6.37

Help text

This enables support for sparse irqs. This is useful in general as most CPUs have a fairly sparse array of IRQ vectors, which the irq_desc then maps directly on to. Systems with a high number of off-chip IRQs will want to treat this as experimental until they have been independently verified.

Support sparse irq numbering found in arch/x86/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt: Support sparse irq numbering
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_PCI_MSI || CONFIG_HT_IRQ
• defined in arch/x86/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.29–2.6.36

Help text

This enables support for sparse irqs. This is useful for distro kernels that want to define a high NR_CPUS value but still want to have low kernel memory footprint on smaller machines.

( Sparse IRQs can also be beneficial on NUMA boxes, as they spread out the irq_desc[] array in a more NUMA-friendly way. )

If you don't know what to do here, say N.

found in arch/sh/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_SUPERH32
• defined in arch/sh/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.34–2.6.36

Help text

(none)

Support sparse irq numbering found in arch/sh/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ:

• prompt: Support sparse irq numbering
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
• defined in arch/sh/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.31–2.6.33

Help text

This enables support for sparse irqs. This is useful in general as most CPUs have a fairly sparse array of IRQ vectors, which the irq_desc then maps directly on to. Systems with a high number of off-chip IRQs will want to treat this as experimental until they have been independently verified.

If you don't know what to do here, say N.

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