Re: [PATCH 1/3] netpoll api

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:39:35PM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>  
> > Hmmm, linux/irq.h seemed pretty generic. Maybe those other, silly
> > arches can mend their ways?
> 
> linux/irq.h:
> 
> /*
>  * Please do not include this file in generic code.  There is currently
>  * no requirement for any architecture to implement anything held
>  * within this file.
>  *
>  * Thanks. --rmk
>  */
> 
> Generic? Nice try :)

But, uh, all my comments show up in a Greek font. Or something..

(the real problem is that I jumped straight to the structure in LXR)
 
> > Ok, looks like m68k, s390, and sparcx are the only ones not using
> > irq_desc, and only s390 seems to be far from the irq_desc model. Or I
> > could be quite mistaken.
> 
> irq_desc will probably die in 2.7, replaced with some helper macros. Its
> not a neat fit for many arches (ppc64 included).

Well I'll come up with something for x86 tomorrow and when helper
macros materialize, I'll use them.

-- 
Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : of or relating to the moon
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