| From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/38] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/clocksource/ | Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:59:25 +0100 |
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Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > -module_param_named(irq, timer_irq, int, 0644); > > +module_param_hw_named(irq, timer_irq, int, irq, 0644); > > MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "Which IRQ to use for the clock source MFGPT ticks."); > > I'm not sure about this. AFAIR the parameter is required to work on > anything else than some arbitrary hardware which has it mapped to 0.
Should it then be set through in-kernel platform initialisation since the AMD Geode is an embedded chip?
Btw, is it possible to use IRQ grants to prevent a device that has limited IRQ options from being drivable?
David
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