Re: IRQ-Tables once again

[Liu Tao]

*ron minnich wrote:

*> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > / Reading the Linux kernel sources it seems that Linux _does_ expect the

/> >/ devices to have interrupts assigned already, which obviously LinuxBIOS
/> >/ does not do. This has to be "fixed" if LinuxBIOS shall be open to
/> >/ anybody not patching special kernels that do the right thing.
/>
> no. In 2.4, in the right circumstances, the kernel can assign interrupts 
> just fine.

Does linux2.4 assign interrupts accroding to the pirq table?
Does linux assign interrupts even if BIOS already assigned the interrupts?
> > / If we provide tables at all, can we maybe drop the irq table and only

/> >/ use the mptable?
/>
> no, sadly the kernel needs an irq table for pci bus scanning.
>
> ron

Does linuxbios now provide dynamic way to write pirq table?

Regards,
Liu Tao

IRQ-Tables once again

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Liu Tao wrote:
> Does linux2.4 assign interrupts accroding to the pirq table?

in non-APIC situation, yes.
> Does linux assign interrupts even if BIOS already assigned the interrupts?

no.
> Does linuxbios now provide dynamic way to write pirq table?

no

ron