linux-kernel - Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.19-rc5] arch-neutral GPIO calls

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Message-ID: <4558D591.5030203@billgatliff.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:29:05 -0600
From:	Bill Gatliff <bgat@...lgatliff.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
CC:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Andrew Victor <andrew@...people.com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>, jamey.hicks@...com,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...sta.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.19-rc5] arch-neutral GPIO calls

David Brownell wrote:

>
>Part of this is just that NR_IRQs is a global constant, and it's not
>possible to allocate new IRQ banks after a kernel is built.
>

... because irq_desc is an array, and not a list of some kind.

We have a Virtual File System layer, I guess we need a Virtual Interrupt 
System layer too?  :)

/me shudders


b.g.

-- 
Bill Gatliff
bgat@...lgatliff.com

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