[PATCH 8/8] ARM: tegra: HACK: remove set_irq_flags() from driver

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Mar 1 15:40:17 EST 2012


On Thursday 01 March 2012, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The kernel is full of this kind of stuff (drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c):
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM
>         /* ARM requires an extra step to clear IRQ_NOREQUEST, which it
>          * sets on behalf of every irq_chip.  Also sets IRQ_NOPROBE.
>          */
>         set_irq_flags(irq, IRQF_VALID);
> #else
>         /* same effect on other architectures */
>         irq_set_noprobe(irq);
> #endif

That is the implementation of an irq_chip, not a random device driver.

	Arnd



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