The patch titled Subject: cs5535-clockevt: allow the MFGPT IRQ to be shared has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is cs5535-clockevt-allow-the-mfgpt-irq-to-be-shared.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jens Rottmann <JRottmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: cs5535-clockevt: allow the MFGPT IRQ to be shared Shared timer IRQs are not a good solution, however the Geode platform has no APIC, IRQs are a scarce resource and there is no technical reason to forbid it rightaway. Increased latencies and overhead due to sharing are still better than a driver refusing to load. Signed-off-by: Jens Rottmann <JRottmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c~cs5535-clockevt-allow-the-mfgpt-irq-to-be-shared drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c --- a/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c~cs5535-clockevt-allow-the-mfgpt-irq-to-be-shared +++ a/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mfgpt_tick(int irq, v static struct irqaction mfgptirq = { .handler = mfgpt_tick, - .flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_TIMER, + .flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_SHARED, .name = DRV_NAME, }; _ Subject: Subject: cs5535-clockevt: allow the MFGPT IRQ to be shared Patches currently in -mm which might be from JRottmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are cs5535-clockevt-dont-ignore-mfgpt-on-smp-capable-kernels.patch cs5535-clockevt-allow-the-mfgpt-irq-to-be-shared.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html