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Message-ID: <482D49CF.4030902@ladisch.de>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:46:07 +0200
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To: Kevin Hao <kexin.hao@...driver.com>
CC: venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, bob.picco@...com, mingo@...hat.com,
tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Get irq for hpet timer
Kevin Hao wrote:
> HPET timer's IRQ is 0 by default, so we have to select which irq
> will be used for these timers. We wait to set the timer's irq until
> we really turn on interrupt in order to reduce the chance of
> conflicting with some legacy device.
>
> + for (irq = find_first_bit(&cap, HPET_MAX_IRQ); irq < HPET_MAX_IRQ;
> + irq = find_next_bit(&cap, HPET_MAX_IRQ, 1 + irq)) {
> + if (request_irq(irq, hpet_interrupt, irq_flags,
> + devp->hd_name, (void *)devp)) {
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "hpet: IRQ %d is not free\n", irq);
> + continue;
This warning message will be output for every interrupt that is in use
by another device. I think it would be better to postpone complaining
until after the loop, if no interrupt has been found at all.
Regards,
Clemens
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