Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: of: define irq functions to allow drivers/of/* to build on x86

Ingo Molnar
2010-09-10T18:15:27Z

* Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 06:01:51AM -0700, Andres Salomon wrote:
> >
> > - Define a stub irq_create_of_mapping for x86 as a stop-gap solution until
> > drivers/of/irq is further along.
> > - Define irq_dispose_mapping for x86 to appease of_i2c.c
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
>
> Applied to my test-devicetree branch. I'll need an ack from the x86
> maintainers before I put it into my -next branch.

The purpose of the patch is not clear to me. What does it do and why?
The changelog says it's a stopgap measure - what exactly is the long
term plan and how long will it take?

Thanks,

Ingo