On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 22:20 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Yes, G5 powermacs have the SATA controller on irq 0. So if we can't
> > use irq 0, I can't get to my hard disk. :) Other powermacs also use
> > irq 0 for various things, as do embedded PPC machines.
>
> G5 powermacs have the SATA controller on physical IRQ value 0. Linux IRQ
> values don't need to exactly map. One of the x86 ports handles 'real IRQ
> 0' exactly this way. Its a cookie. Sure would benefit from a function
> for turning an IRQ into a description as a cleanup.
Remapping in that way sounds like a half-arsed hack to work around the
problem which Matthew is trying to fix properly by using NO_IRQ == -1.
Yes, there are drivers which are currently broken and assume irq 0 is
'no irq'. They are broken. Let's just fix them and not continue the
brain-damage.
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dwmw2
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