linux-kernel - Re: IRQ enable/disable BUG in IDE w/shared IRQs

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:44:17 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, marvin@...atex.cz
Subject: Re: IRQ enable/disable BUG in IDE w/shared IRQs

On 01/14/2011 05:30 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, David Miller wrote:
>> I have a hard time believing we've gotten away with this for so long.
>> Maybe it really is that rare to share the IDE interrupts with other
>> stuff?
>
> IIRC, the legacy IDE interrupts were 14/15 and those were never shared.

Yes, non-shared 14/15 were the 95% common case for the longest time. 
Sharing IDE interrupts within old-IDE worked FSVO "working", but the 
interrupt probes were written for a non-shared interrupt, then hacking 
into working for shared interrupts when PCI first starting showing up on 
the scene.

	Jeff


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