From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: bgat@billgatliff.com (Bill Gatliff)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:22:30 -0500
Subject: QUERY: How to handle SOC Configuration (Peripheral Multiplexing)
	in linux
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Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
> Most normal boards dedicate the function of pins at board design time;
>   

Agreed.

As I see it, the IRQF_SHARED thing is just a convenience hack for PC
motherboards, and for platform authors who haven't gotten around to
demultiplexing all their shared interrupts. :)


b.g.

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