linux-kernel - RE: [RFC trollpatch 1/1] genirq: Remove the fits all and nothing __do

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Date:	Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:44:36 -0600
From:	"Dialup Jon Norstog" <thursday@...idaho.com>
To:	Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jespern@...s.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org" <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	"linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC trollpatch 1/1] genirq: Remove the fits all and nothing __do_IRQ() code




---------- Original Message -----------
From: Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, LKML <linux-k 
>  The following architectures are still using __do_IRQ():
> 
>   alpha, cris, ia64, h8300, m32r, m68knommu, parisc, um
> 
> So now the question arises what to do with __do_IRQ().
> 
> Removing it would be the right thing, but that'll break 8 archs, so
> it's probably not considered a good idea, though for most of them the
> conversion should be reasonably trivial.
> 
> I'm happy to move that code into kernel/irq/cruft.c forever if there
> is no way to get the remaining users converted in the forseeable
> future. It looks like they can cope with the annoying build warning
> nicely.
> 
> Either that or moving everything what breaks into staging/arch/* and
> hand it over to GregKH :)
> 
> Thoughts ?
 

To the lists:

My thought is, put something in the readme - like Jay Estabrook's note in the
current Alpha Core build.  At least so those of us who get wierd msgs during a
kernel build can know what they are all about.

TIA

jn
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