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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:19:49 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] SGI RTC: add generic timer system interrupt
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Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> Refreshing this to use 0xed as the vector.  Have repackaged it to be more
>> generic.
>>

What happened to the concept of using normal IRQs for this, via a custom
irqchip?  Adding more reserved vectors really sucks, and it affects
non-SGI platforms, which could potentially run out of vectors as a result.

	-hpa
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