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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:45:25 +0000
From:	Ben Dooks <ben@...ff.org>
To:	Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DM9000_IRQ_FLAGS

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:18:23PM +0100, Daniel Mack wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> on Toradex' Colibri, a PXA270 based board with a DM9000 ethernet
> controller, this driver won't work due to unsuitable DM9000_IRQ_FLAGS.
> If I understood the code behind request_irq() correctly, it's not
> recommended to register an IRQ without any of the IRQT_* flags set.
> 
> Is there any concerns about applying the patch below?

Yes, that will possibly break all systems using level-triggered
interrupts.

Probably the best solution is to pass the data via the platform
information being fed to the device.

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