Re: [RFC 1/3] hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Jun 03 2008 - 20:14:04 EST


On Tuesday 03 June 2008 22:45:22 Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if
> the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use
> hvc_console without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq.

Two questions. Is it possible to make the timer backoff a third kind of
notifier? And is it possible to make the dependency static, rather than
dynamic, or does someone need two options at runtime?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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