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DateSun, 11 Sep 2005 09:50:38 +0200 (CEST)
FromGeert Uytterhoeven <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] killing linux/irq.h
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk wrote:
> 	We get regular portability bugs when somebody decides to include
> linux/irq.h into a driver instead of asm/irq.h.  It's almost always a
> wrong thing to do and, in fact, causes immediate breakage on e.g. arm.

Wouldn't it be more logical to make linux/irq.h the preferred include?
Usually the linux/* versions are preferred over the asm/* versions.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
						Geert

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