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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix return value of i8042_aux_test_irq
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On Thu, July 26, 2007 11:10 pm, Alan Cox wrote:
>> The handler does handle the interrupt - both status and data registers
>> are read so from the keyboard controller point of view the interrupt
>> has been handled even if we happen to discard the data. As far as I
>> know IRQ12 is never shared by BIOS... Vojtech, do you remember why we
>> request IRQ12 with IRQF_SHARED?
>
> A small number of boxes do share IRQ12 and it was switched to shared for
> them.
If that is the case interrupt handlers should be able to determine whether
a certain interrupt comes from their respective devices, and return
IRQ_HANDLED or IRQ_NONE accordingly. Returning IRQ_HANDLED unconditionally
when IRQF_SHARED is set seems strange. Is this behavior intended?

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