Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 07:49:27 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: genirq handle helper |
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* Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> Hi Ingo, Thomas ! > > This simple pach makes the transition easier. By making > generic_handle_irq() call the old __do_IRQ if no new-style handler > exist for a given irq, the transition from old style to new style is > made easier for me. That is, I can have some PICs use the new handler > mecanism while old ones still get __do_IRQ without having the common > powerpc code caring about the type of PIC (it just does > generic_handle_irq()). > > Might be useful to others as well, at least until everybody is ported > over.
yeah, good idea - this will also make the MSI fix simpler.
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Andrew, if you add Ben's patch, you can drop the arch/x86_64/kernel/irq.c bits of genirq-msi-fixes.patch. [if they stay they wont hurt, they'll only be redundant.]
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