From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261358AbVFDQLf (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:11:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261360AbVFDQLf (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:11:35 -0400 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.132]:28667 "EHLO e34.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261358AbVFDQLe (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:11:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 19:33:01 +0530 From: Dipankar Sarma To: Denis Vlasenko Cc: Andrew Morton , Alan Stern , "Eric W. Biederman" , Greg KH , Fastboot mailing list , linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [Fastboot] Re: [RFC/PATCH] Kdump: Disabling PCI interrupts in capture kernel Message-ID: <20050604140301.GC7439@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: dipankar@in.ibm.com References: <20050603112524.GB7022@in.ibm.com> <20050603182147.GB5751@kroah.com> <200506041618.24736.vda@ilport.com.ua> <20050604134306.GB7439@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050604134306.GB7439@in.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 07:13:06PM +0530, Dipankar Sarma wrote: > That said, I am not sure what is the issue with the console > drivers. What good is the irq for the console driver if > it hasn't requested for it ? Why should disabling it affect > consoles ? The interrupt will get enabled as soon as the driver > requests for it as per Vivek's patch. Am I missing something here ? Doh! The answer is in earlier emails - fw controlled pci consoles. Thanks Dipankar