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Date:	Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:36:53 +0200
From:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
To:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...utronix.de>
CC:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	devicetree-discuss@...abs.org, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] uio: add an of_genirq driver

Hans J. Koch wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:05:33PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>>> Anyway, 0 is a valid IRQ number, so it cannot be used as "no irq".
>> May I point you to this thread?
>>
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/21/221
> 
> Linus is just plain wrong in this 4 year old mail.

See also this related thread.

http://groups.google.com/group/rtc-linux/browse_thread/thread/9816648d5a8a1c9e/9968968188b5ab5a?lnk=gst&q=rx8025#9968968188b5ab5a

> 
>> (The issue comes up once in a while as some archs still use NO_IRQ, some with
>> 0 some with -1)
>>
>>>> 	if (uioinfo->irq == NO_IRQ)
>>>> 		uioinfo->irq = UIO_IRQ_NONE;
>>> Sorry for my ignorance, but what is NO_IRQ? If I do

It's 0 on PowerPC but ARM seems still to use -1.

http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.30/arch/powerpc/include/asm/irq.h#L29

For x86 it's not defined at all. But as this code is for the PowerPC,
where using NO_IRQ seems still to be OK.

Wolfgang.
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