netdev - Re: [PATCHv2] smsc911x: add irq_flags in smsc911x_platform

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:19:46 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Steve.Glendinning@...c.com
Cc:	"Stanley.Miao" <stanley.miao@...driver.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] smsc911x: add irq_flags in smsc911x_platform_config.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:54:36AM +0000, Steve.Glendinning@...c.com wrote:
> I have two more arm platform smsc911x conversion patches (realview and 
> pcm037) which I'll post for review shortly.  Both also depend on this 
> irq_flags change, as they register their interrupts shared.  David: would 
> it make sense to put this driver patch into the arm tree?

BTW, the shared-ness of an interrupt handler depends on how the interrupt
handler is written, not on whether you require the interrupt to be
exclusively owned or not.

So, if a driver is written to co-operate properly with shared interrupts
then it should always pass IRQF_SHARED.
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