Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pata_of_platform: fix no irq handling | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:04:45 +1100 |
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On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 13:26 +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 10:30:59AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > > Anton Vorontsov wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:41:19PM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote: > > >> There is a simple problem with the patch which is that an "IRQ 0" can and does > > >> actually exist on a bunch of platforms, at least to the best of my knowledge. > > >> > > >> Checking for -1 (which means for definite, no irq at all, because it is > > >> totally unambiguous, as a -1 IRQ numbering is "impossible") is more correct. > > > > > > This was discussed years ago. > > > > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/22/159 > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/22/227 > > > > > > > Would this break any existing platforms? > > Nope. > > The driver is only available for PPC platforms. > > As time goes by one can change `depend on PPC_OF' to just `depends on > OF', so that the driver will be also available for SPARC. And still > it will work, because SPARC also understands VIRQ0 as invalid VIRQ. >
Yup, I agree. I'll pick it up in my next batch.
Cheers, Ben.
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