From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>,
mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] SGI RTC: add generic timer system interrupt
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:19:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4925F095.40107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081120151208.f7892050.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> Refreshing this to use 0xed as the vector. Have repackaged it to be more
>> generic.
>>
What happened to the concept of using normal IRQs for this, via a custom
irqchip? Adding more reserved vectors really sucks, and it affects
non-SGI platforms, which could potentially run out of vectors as a result.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-20 23:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-23 16:30 [PATCH 0/2 v2] SGI RTC: add clocksource/clockevent driver Dimitri Sivanich
2008-10-23 16:32 ` [PATCH 1/2 v2] SGI RTC: add clocksource driver Dimitri Sivanich
2008-10-23 16:34 ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] SGI RTC: add RTC system interrupt Dimitri Sivanich
2008-10-24 3:11 ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] " Dimitri Sivanich
2008-10-27 14:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-27 15:29 ` Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-19 21:22 ` [PATCH 0/2 v3] SGI RTC: add clocksource/clockevent driver and generic timer vector Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-19 21:23 ` [PATCH 1/2 v3] SGI RTC: add clocksource driver Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-19 21:26 ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] SGI RTC: add generic timer system interrupt Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-20 23:12 ` Andrew Morton
2008-11-20 23:19 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-11-21 17:15 ` Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-21 18:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-21 19:09 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-11-23 13:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-21 17:21 ` Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-20 23:08 ` [PATCH 1/2 v3] SGI RTC: add clocksource driver Andrew Morton
2008-11-21 0:08 ` john stultz
2008-11-21 17:23 ` Dimitri Sivanich
2008-11-20 9:59 ` [PATCH 0/2 v3] SGI RTC: add clocksource/clockevent driver and generic timer vector Ingo Molnar
2008-11-21 1:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-21 8:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-21 17:16 ` Dimitri Sivanich
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