Re: [PATCH] clarify pci.txt wrt IRQ allocation

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:29:16PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I think we should make it explicit that PCI IRQs shouldn't be relied
> upon until after pci_enable_device().  This patch:
> 
>     ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.7-rc3/2.6.7-rc3-mm1/broken-out/bk-acpi.patch
> 
> does PCI interrupt routing (based on ACPI _PRT) and IRQ allocation
> at pci_enable_device()-time.
> 
> (To avoid breaking things in 2.6, the above patch still allocates
> all PCI IRQs in pci_acpi_init(), before any drivers are initialized.
> But that shouldn't be needed by correct drivers, and I'd like to
> remove it in 2.7.)

I agree.

> Here's a possible update:

Thanks, I've applied this to my trees.

greg k-h
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