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@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ the MSI-X facilities in preference to the MSI facilities. As mentioned
250above, MSI-X supports any number of interrupts between 1 and 2048. 250above, MSI-X supports any number of interrupts between 1 and 2048.
251In constrast, MSI is restricted to a maximum of 32 interrupts (and 251In constrast, MSI is restricted to a maximum of 32 interrupts (and
252must be a power of two). In addition, the MSI interrupt vectors must 252must be a power of two). In addition, the MSI interrupt vectors must
253be allocated consecutively, so the system may not be able to allocate 253be allocated consecutively, so the system might not be able to allocate
254as many vectors for MSI as it could for MSI-X. On some platforms, MSI 254as many vectors for MSI as it could for MSI-X. On some platforms, MSI
255interrupts must all be targeted at the same set of CPUs whereas MSI-X 255interrupts must all be targeted at the same set of CPUs whereas MSI-X
256interrupts can all be targeted at different CPUs. 256interrupts can all be targeted at different CPUs.