linux-kernel - Re: drivers/pci/quirks.c: irq_reroute

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:32:28 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: drivers/pci/quirks.c: irq_reroute_variant is dead code?

[Corrected Stefan's address.]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:45:20 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> 
> * Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:50:08 -0700
> > Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > quirk_reroute_to_boot_interrupts_intel() goes to some effort to 
> > > scan for a bunch of Intel devices and set 
> > > dev->irq_reroute_variant = INTEL_IRQ_REROUTE_VARIANT.  However, 
> > > as far as I can see that's the only reference to 
> > > dev->irq_reroute_variant and INTEL_IRQ_REROUTE_VARIANT, so the 
> > > whole thing appears to have no effect.
> > > 
> > > Is it all dead code?  Is there something else which should be 
> > > there missing?
> > 
> > Hm my quick look couldn't find a user either.  The initial patch 
> > to add that stuff (e1d3a90846b40ad3160bf4b648d36c6badad39ac) had 
> > an ACPI component, but it looks like that may have vanished 
> > somehow (maybe some of the IOAPIC code got shuffled around and 
> > this bit was missed?).
> > 
> > Stefan or Ingo?
> 
> I dont remember ioapic interactions. Stefan?
> 
> 	Ingo
> 


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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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