Re: [RFC] disable_irq()/enable_irq() semantics and ide-probe.c

[Jeff Garzik]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > If you can't stop the NIC hardware from generating interrupts, that's a 
> > driver bug.
>
>
> No it's not.
>
> Think shared interrupts here.

I was being specific in what I said :)

Sure, shared interrupts can still call a driver's handler.

But if the driver doesn't stop _its own_ hardware from generating 
interrupts, you've got screaming interrupts the minute it issues 
free_irq and signals it doesn't care anymore.  The driver damn well 
better be able to stop the _NIC hardware_ from generating interrupts :)

	Jeff



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