Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] SGI RTC: add generic timer system interrupt

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Nov 20 2008 - 18:21:05 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> Refreshing this to use 0xed as the vector. Have repackaged it to be more
>> generic.
>>

What happened to the concept of using normal IRQs for this, via a custom
irqchip? Adding more reserved vectors really sucks, and it affects
non-SGI platforms, which could potentially run out of vectors as a result.

-hpa
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