From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:43700 "EHLO out5.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751807Ab1GERjM (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:39:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:21:19 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Jarod Wilson Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [staging] lirc_serial: allocate irq at init time Message-ID: <20110705172119.GA19358@kroah.com> References: <1308252706-13879-1-git-send-email-jarod@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1308252706-13879-1-git-send-email-jarod@redhat.com> List-ID: Sender: On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 03:31:46PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > There's really no good reason not to just grab the desired IRQ at driver > init time, instead of every time the lirc device node is accessed. This > also improves the speed and reliability with which a serial transmitter > can operate, as back-to-back transmission attempts (i.e., channel change > to a multi-digit channel) don't have to spend time acquiring and then > releasing the IRQ for every digit, sometimes multiple times, if lircd > has been told to use the min_repeat parameter. > > CC: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org > Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson > --- > drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_serial.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) This patch doesn't apply to the staging-next branch, care to respin it and resend it so I can apply it? thanks, greg k-h