Re: [PATCH] parport: Use the PCI IRQ if offered

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Apr 07 2009 - 11:52:50 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
PCI parallel port devices can IRQ share so we should stop them hogging the
line and making a mess on modern PC systems. We know the sharing side works
as the PCMCIA driver has shared the parallel port IRQ for some time.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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drivers/parport/parport_cs.c | 3 +-
drivers/parport/parport_pc.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
drivers/parport/parport_serial.c | 20 +++++++++++--
include/linux/parport_pc.h | 11 ++++---
4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>

(I did some parport work many years ago, trying to improve the parport driver's integration with modern on-mainboard parallel port controls; this was one of the goals, only now realized)


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