From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: slash.tmp@free.fr (Mason) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:01:16 +0200 Subject: Porting MIPS IRQ handler to ARM In-Reply-To: <55E5E970.90801@gmail.com> References: <55E5CED8.7000408@free.fr> <55E5E70D.4060006@free.fr> <55E5E970.90801@gmail.com> Message-ID: <55E5F5FC.3050605@free.fr> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 01/09/2015 20:07, Florian Fainelli wrote: > On 01/09/15 10:57, Mason wrote: > >> By the way, it seems the generic UART driver does not use interrupts, >> which would explain why the console works despite my busted device tree. >> Does that mean that the driver polls? (I'll take a closer look tomorrow.) > > Kernel console is buffer and polled, user-space (tty) console uses > interrupts. Thanks for clearing that up.