Subject: Re: [PATCH] pata_of_platform: fix no irq handling

From: Tejun Heo <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:30:59 +0900

Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:41:19PM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
>> There is a simple problem with the patch which is that an "IRQ 0" can and does
>> actually exist on a bunch of platforms, at least to the best of my knowledge.
>>
>> Checking for -1 (which means for definite, no irq at all, because it is
>> totally unambiguous, as a -1 IRQ numbering is "impossible") is more correct.
> 
> This was discussed years ago.
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/22/159
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/11/22/227
> 

Would this break any existing platforms?  If so, can those be fixed
together or does it become a much bigger problem that way?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun