Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751698AbWLMWpO (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:45:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751699AbWLMWpO (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:45:14 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:42385 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751701AbWLMWpM (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:45:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: tglx@linutronix.de Cc: Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1166049656.29505.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <1166044471.11914.195.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1166048081.11914.208.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1166049656.29505.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:45:00 +1100 Message-Id: <1166049901.11914.220.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 791 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 23:40 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 09:14 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Oh, it works well enough for non shared iqs if you are really anal about > > It works well for shared irqs. Thats the whole reason why you need an in > kernel part. As soon as you have an in-kernel part that is chip specific, yes, of course it works, because essentially, what you have done is a kernel driver for your chip and the whole discussion is moot :-) And I agree, that's the right thing to do btw. Ben. - 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/