Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:05:29 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [git patch] free_irq() fixes |
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:52:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > [...] > > > Since the #irq-remove project involves removal of the 'irq' argument > > > from interrupt handlers (unused 99.8% of the time), > > [...] > > > > After going over every irq handler (read: almost every driver in the kernel, > > plus arch code), my #irq-remove branch has confirmed what my gut already knew > > -- the 'irq' argument is completely unused for almost every driver. So I was > > taking that line of thought as far as it went. > > Ok, that's just not going to happen. > > What's the upside? Really? > > I can tell you the downsides: > - tons of huge patches with ugly churn >...
If it goes like the regs removal in one big patch around -rc1 into your tree this shouldn't be a problem.
> Linus
cu Adrian
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