linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:13:40 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Linux PPC devel <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3]  hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks

On Tuesday 03 June 2008 22:45:22 Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if
> the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use
> hvc_console without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq.

Two questions.  Is it possible to make the timer backoff a third kind of 
notifier?  And is it possible to make the dependency static, rather than 
dynamic, or does someone need two options at runtime?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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