Re: [PATCH v2] pci: fix unavailable irq number 255 reported by BIOS

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Jan 26 2016 - 04:53:14 EST


On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Chen Fan wrote:
> On 01/26/2016 04:26 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > if (gsi < 0) {
> > > > - if (acpi_isa_register_gsi(dev))
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * The Interrupt Line value of 0xff is defined to mean
> > > > "unknown"
> > > > + * or "no connection" (PCI 3.0, Section 6.2.4, footnote on
> > > > page
> > > > + * 223), using ~0U as invalid IRQ.
> > > > + */
> > And why would this be x86 specific? PCI3.0 is architecture independent,
> > right?
> quoting the spec document:
> "For x86 based PCs, the values in this register correspond to IRQ numbers
> (0-15) of the standard dual
> 8259 configuration. The value 255 is defined as meaning "unknown" or "no
> connection" to the interrupt
> controller. Values between 15 and 254 are reserved."

So if that is x86 specific then it needs to be documented proper. The fact
that the comment is inside the #ifdef x86 does not tell.

Thanks,

tglx