On 10/6/06, Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:
* Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote: > >but pt_regs is alot less frequently used than irq - and where it's > >used they arent "drivers" but mostly arch level code like hw-timer > >handlers. > > Nonetheless the -vast majority- of drivers don't use the argument at > all, and the minority that do use it are not modern drivers. i'm all for changing that too :)
What drivers use irq argument? I know i8042 does but only to detect whether interrupt routine was called because irq was raised or it was called manually and I can use dev_id for that... -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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