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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com>
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Grant Grundler wrote:
> I'm thinking we should:
> o move the EIRR bit handling into do_cpu_irq_mask()
>   (do_cpu_irq_mask() could loop until EIRR is zero).
> o move I-bit handling into the entry.S assembly.

prototype code is on ftp.parisc-linux.org/patches/irq_eirr.diff
I didn't cleanup some of entry.S stuff but it should work.
Not tested.

grant