linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-mm2

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Date:	Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:21:41 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Cc:	Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@...e.fr>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"J.A. Magall??n" <jamagallon@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Linux-Kernel," <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:26:22AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 23:50 +0000, Frederik Deweerdt wrote:
> > +       if (!pdev->irq)
> > +               return -ENODEV;
> > +
> 
> Don't I remember that 0 is a valid IRQ on some platforms?
> 
> i.e. shouldn't this be
> 
> if (pdev->irq == NO_IRQ)
> 	return -ENODEV;
> 
> ?
> 
> I think this won't quite work because only the platforms that actually
> have a valid zero irq define it, but there must be something else that
> works.

Linus threw a hissy fit and declared that platforms which use 0 as a
valid IRQ are broken and wrong.  Despite PCI using 255 to mean no IRQ
and 0 as a valid IRQ ;-)
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