linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Export irq_set

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:16:28 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Emil Medve <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-smp@...r.kernel.org, Emil Medve <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export irq_set_affinity()

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:46:19 -0500
Emil Medve <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Emil Medve <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>
> ---
> 
> This is needed for drivers built as modules and running on SMP
> systems that want to set initial/default explicit IRQ balancing

hi,

can you give an example of such a driver? It's custom to post such an
export patch as part of the patch that starts using the export...

Also... how much of this is already covered by the "don't balance" IRQ
flag already ?



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