linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 24/25] irq_domain: remove "hint" when allocating irq numbers

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Date:	Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:04 +0100
From:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 24/25] irq_domain: remove "hint" when allocating irq
 numbers

On 01/27/2012 10:36 PM, Grant Likely :
> The 'hint' used to try and line up irq numbers with hw irq numbers is
> rather a hack and not very useful.  Now that /proc/interrupts also outputs
> the hwirq number, it is even less useful to keep around the 'hint' heuristic.
> 
> This patch removes it.

Grant,

While trying your patch series in conjunction with Rob one, I do not
find this patch in your irqdomain/next branch (and a couple of others).
Can you tell me if this v3 series is available as a git tree?

Thanks, best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre
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