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

From: Wang Jian <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:18:38 +0800

Tejun Heo wrote:
> 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?
> 

Pata_of_platform stacks upon pata_platform. This patch fixes problem
concerning definition of "no irq" without touch any other place.  So
far I can't see any new problem.