Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Date | Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:15:58 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 09:45 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > 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.
Still the framework has a benefit, as it removes the bunch of incompatible out of tree attempts to achieve the same result.
tglx
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