Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:17:47 +0100 (BST) | From | Philip Blundell <> | Subject | Re: AutoIRQ |
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On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hmm -- the serial driver should be properly modularized while we're at it. > A patch will follow shortly.
Cool.
> > Unfortunately probe_irq doesn't have any support for the "waittime" > > feature that auto_irq provides, and so a few drivers that depended on that > > It might be a good idea to add that parameter to probe_irq_off().
Yes. I will see about doing that. I think, though, that in a lot of cases there are better ways to wait for the IRQ than by using a timer (eg, busy-waiting on a status bit). It would be good to use these
Philwherever possible.
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