Re: [PATCH 1/3] netpoll api

Anton Blanchard
2003-09-10T08:43:18Z

> 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 :)

> 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).

Anton