linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Boot IRQ quirks for Broadcom and AMD/ATI

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:29:46 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ihno Krumreich <ihno@...e.de>,
	Sven Dietrich <sdietrich@...e.de>,
	Daniel Gollub <dgollub@...e.de>,
	Felix Foerster <ffoerster@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Boot IRQ quirks for Broadcom and AMD/ATI


* Olaf Dabrunz <od@...e.de> wrote:

> On 14-Jul-08, Olaf Dabrunz wrote:
> > I am working on a consolidated patch set for AKMP. It integrates all
> > fixes and adds a config option CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
> > (prepared by Stefan Assmann), which can default to off for vanilla and to
> > on for RT / threaded IRQ handling. This means that the whole patchset
> > can (in principle) be applied to vanilla and RT without change. Also
> > CONFIG_PREEMPT_HARDIRQ can "select CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS".
> > 
> > If you don't mind, I will send the full set out today.
> 
> On second thought and after talking to Stefan, as you think the 
> patches can go into 2.6.27 as they are, there is not much benefit in 
> integrating the fixes and the config option patch. Stefan will commit 
> the config option patch to tip tomorrow.

please do not rebase the patchset, that causes us lose the testing 
status, we lose the sha1's of the commits, etc. Lets keep what we have 
in tip/x86/pci-ioapic-boot-irq-quirks and do append-only fixlets to it.

	Ingo
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