Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] genirq: Clarify that irq wake state is orthogonal to enable/disable | Date | Fri, 07 Feb 2020 21:33:40 +0100 |
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Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> writes: >> Thomas also mentioned that hardware could work either way and probably >> should not be assumed to work one way or the other. > > Right... > > ...and then (paraphrasing) Stephen pointed out that policy makes it > really hard for clients of the API to work properly. > > ...and then (paraphrasing) Thomas said "Good point. As long as you > document that not all drivers _actually_ behave the way you describe, > it's fine to add a comment saying that drivers _should_ behave the way > you describe". > > Or, said another way: if a driver doesn't behave the way Stephen > describes then it should be fixed unless there is some reason why > there is no possible way to make it happen.
Yes, that's right.
Thanks,
tglx
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