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Message-ID: <20080815151136.GF10029@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:11:36 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jens Rottmann <JRottmann@...PERTEmbedded.de>
Cc:	Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@....com>,
	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ian.org>,
	linux-geode@...badil.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] geode-mfgpt: check IRQ before using MFGPT as
	clocksource


* Jens Rottmann <JRottmann@...PERTEmbedded.de> wrote:

> Adds a simple IRQ autodetection to the AMD Geode MFGPT driver, and 
> more importantly, adds some checks, if IRQs can actually be received 
> on the chosen line.  This fixes cases where MFGPT is selected as 
> clocksource though not producing any ticks, so the kernel simply 
> starves during boot.

i've applied it to tip/x86/geode. Should it go into v2.6.27 via 
x86/urgent, or should wait for v2.6.28?

	Ingo
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