netdev - Re: [patch-net-next v2 3/3] net: ethernet: cpsw: don't requests IRQs we don't use

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Message-ID: <54B770FC.6060003@ti.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:19:16 +0530
From:	Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch-net-next v2 3/3] net: ethernet: cpsw: don't requests IRQs
 we don't use

On Wednesday 14 January 2015 10:28 PM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> CPSW never uses RX_THRESHOLD or MISC interrupts. In
> fact, they are always kept masked in their appropriate
> IRQ Enable register.
> 
> Instead of allocating an IRQ that never fires, it's best
> to remove that code altogether and let future patches
> implement it if anybody needs those.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>

Instead of introducing dummy ISR in previous patch and then removing in
this patch, both can be squashed into a single patch.

Regards
Mugunthan V N
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