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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12 net-next] qca_spi: Improve SPI IRQ handling
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 04:09:34PM +0100, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> The functions qcaspi_netdev_open/close are responsible of request &
> free of the SPI interrupt, which wasn't the best choice because
> allocation problems are discovered not during probe. So let us split
> IRQ allocation & enabling, so we can take advantage of a device
> managed IRQ.

Could you replace the kernel thread with a threaded interrupt handler?

      Andrew