Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:14:58 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: of: define irq functions to allow drivers/of/* to build on x86 |
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* Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 06:01:51AM -0700, Andres Salomon wrote: > > > > - Define a stub irq_create_of_mapping for x86 as a stop-gap solution until > > drivers/of/irq is further along. > > - Define irq_dispose_mapping for x86 to appease of_i2c.c > > > > Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> > > Applied to my test-devicetree branch. I'll need an ack from the x86 > maintainers before I put it into my -next branch.
The purpose of the patch is not clear to me. What does it do and why? The changelog says it's a stopgap measure - what exactly is the long term plan and how long will it take?
Thanks,
Ingo
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