linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:15:58 +0100
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 09:45 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 23:40 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 09:14 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > Oh, it works well enough for non shared iqs if you are really anal about
> > 
> > It works well for shared irqs. Thats the whole reason why you need an in
> > kernel part.
> 
> As soon as you have an in-kernel part that is chip specific, yes, of
> course it works, because essentially, what you have done is a kernel
> driver for your chip and the whole discussion is moot :-) And I agree,
> that's the right thing to do btw.

Still the framework has a benefit, as it removes the bunch of
incompatible out of tree attempts to achieve the same result.

	tglx


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