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Re: [PATCH 0/8] Amiga XSurf100 patch series, to be submitted to linux-net



Hi Michael,

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Patch 6 and 8 are optional - the interrupts are handled just fine inside
>>> ei_interrupt if generated by other users of IRQ_AMIGA_PORTS.
>>>
>>> If you know of some other hardware currently using IRQ_AMIGA_PORTS that
>>> cannot handle shared interupts, give me a shout and I'll look into handling
>>> this through a new interrupt controller for IRQ_AMIGA_PORTS.
>>
>> All Amiga devices should handle shared interrupts.
>
> Good - do you see any merit in using a platform defined interrrupt
> wrapper to 'protect' a driver interrupt from spurious calls?

I can see its merit. I don't know if the ax88796 maintainer will like it.

All other 8390 drivers just use ei_interrupt(), even zorro8390.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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