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@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ config IRQ_ALL_CPUS
CPU. Generally saying Y is safe, although some problems have been
reported with SMP Power Macintoshes with this option enabled.
+config SPARSE_IRQ
+ bool "Support sparse irq numbering"
+ default y
+ help
+ This enables support for sparse irqs. This is useful for distro
+ kernels that want to define a high CONFIG_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 Y.
+
config NUMA
bool "NUMA support"
depends on PPC64