Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262406AbUCHGax (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:30:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262415AbUCHGax (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:30:53 -0500 Received: from palrel12.hp.com ([156.153.255.237]:39138 "EHLO palrel12.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262406AbUCHGaw (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:30:52 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 22:30:44 -0800 From: Grant Grundler To: Kenji Kaneshige Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix PCI interrupt setting for ia64 Message-ID: <20040308063044.GB25960@cup.hp.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 643 Lines: 15 On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:49:10AM +0900, Kenji Kaneshige wrote: > In ia64 kernel, IOSAPIC's RTEs for PCI interrupts are unmasked at the > boot time before installing device drivers. I think it is very dangerous. Hi Kenji, I think this behavior exists to support "legacy" IRQ probing. I'm wondering if it would be sufficient to wrap the patch in "#ifndef CONFIG_ISA" or something like that. grant - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/