linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/37] genirq: Remove __do_IRQ() and cleanup irq related Kconfigs

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:25:32 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Chen Liqin <liqin.chen@...plusct.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/37] genirq: Remove __do_IRQ() and cleanup irq related
 Kconfigs

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > Now that rc1 is out, I got reliable information about the remaining
> > users of __do_IRQ(), which block the removal:
> >
> >  arch/cris, arch/h8300, arch/m32r
> 
> I'm certainly ok with this series. It would be good to finally get rid
> of this legacy interface, and there's no longer any reason to hold it
> up. And getting rid of hundreds of lines of code is good too.

Will wait a day for desperate screams, then collect the incoming acks
and push it into git for your consumption.

Thanks,

	tglx