Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266344AbUIJF60 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:58:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268116AbUIJF60 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:58:26 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:26250 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266344AbUIJF6N (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:58:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:57:42 +0200 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Scott Wood , William Lee Irwin III , Ingo Molnar , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , Zwane Mwaikambo , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] generic-hardirqs-2.6.9-rc1-mm4.patch Message-ID: <20040910055742.GA2710@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <1094652572.2800.14.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20040908182509.GA6009@elte.hu> <20040908211415.GA20168@elte.hu> <20040909175748.A12336@infradead.org> <20040909172401.GA28376@elte.hu> <20040909175314.GD3106@holomorphy.com> <20040909175441.GA25686@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20040909211038.E6434@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20040909205153.GA1014@yoda.timesys> <20040909220004.F6434@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jI8keyz6grp/JLjh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040909220004.F6434@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1212 Lines: 36 --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 10:00:04PM +0100, Russell King wrote: > you'll realise how inadequate the "generic" IRQ code is for ARM. > > Note that IRQ handling on ARM is a multi-level affair where we have > multiple levels of interrupt controllers which need to be traversed > in software. I still propose the plan of action that is to consolidate first all architectures that CAN share the x86 one, and THEN look at making that more generic. The reason is simple; right now there are 20-ish copies; after the initial consolidation there will be 4 or 5. Far easier to work on. --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBQUJVxULwo51rQBIRAtf0AJ9fcDPIgW3QhdoA10kY9hfa55+UVACgkuDv /Jmy0BNLYlq4CGCQsw0jHE4= =LhwM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh-- - 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/