# \[PATCH 2/4\] powerpc/mpic: Use the MPIC\_LARGE\_VECTORS flag for FSL MPIC.

- From: Varun Sethi \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-03-27 12:15:57 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/03/9468981
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/03/9468981/t.md

```text
FSL MPIC supports 16 bit vectors so our vector number space isn't
restricted to 256 vectors. We should use the MPIC_LARG_VECTORS flag
while intializing the MPIC. This also prevents us from eating in to 
hardware vector number space (MSIs) while setting up internal sources.

Signed-off-by: Varun Sethi <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 8be1ea2..33520dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 	if (of_get_property(node, "single-cpu-affinity", NULL))
 		flags |= MPIC_SINGLE_DEST_CPU;
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(node, "fsl,mpic"))
-		flags |= MPIC_FSL;
+		flags |= MPIC_FSL | MPIC_LARGE_VECTORS;
 
 	mpic = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mpic), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mpic == NULL)
-- 
1.7.2.2
```
