[parisc-linux] Re: [2.5] ns87415 irq

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 04:26:21PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> Question is on what other archs ns87415 is used because some archs
> do not have ide_default_irq() ie. sparc64.
> 
> from drivers/ide/Kconfig:
> config BLK_DEV_NS87415
>         tristate "NS87415 chipset support"
>         depends on BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
>         help
>           This driver adds detection and support for the NS87415 chip
>           (used in SPARC64, among others).
> 
> I think sparc64 uses PCI interrupt so this is not a problem.
> Are there any other archs using ns87415?

I really don't know.  I don't think it's unreasonable to expect
architectures to add ide_default_irq().  The existing code in the driver
can't work for anything other than x86, so either everyone has a local
hack to it (like parisc does) or nobody else uses it.

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