netdev - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Potential bug in defining 'irq field' of 'ifmap structure'

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:32:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vikram.pandita@...com
Cc:	m-sonasath@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Potential bug in defining 'irq field' of 'ifmap
 structure'

From: "Pandita, Vikram" <vikram.pandita@...com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 02:27:51 +0530

> On Zoom2 TI OMAP3 based board, the IRQ we are requesting is
> value=381 and hence the problem reported.

The IRQ reported by this user call is only reliable for
ISA devices.

Or, ARM platforms could opt to use a virtual IRQ scheme like
PowerPC and Sparc use, which keeps all device IRQs under
256.
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