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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-09-07 15:07:55 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-09-07 15:07:55 -0400
commitfac805f8c198092de9a2842efd7f5022e2937b18 (patch)
tree7557809c373f97a343c427d8fded0696060394ce /Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt
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parentf10723841e624c0726c70356b31d91befed01dd6 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless
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@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Linux IRQ number into the hardware.
Most drivers cannot use this mapping.
==== Legacy ====
+irq_domain_add_simple()
irq_domain_add_legacy()
irq_domain_add_legacy_isa()
@@ -115,3 +116,7 @@ The legacy map should only be used if fixed IRQ mappings must be
supported. For example, ISA controllers would use the legacy map for
mapping Linux IRQs 0-15 so that existing ISA drivers get the correct IRQ
numbers.
+
+Most users of legacy mappings should use irq_domain_add_simple() which
+will use a legacy domain only if an IRQ range is supplied by the
+system and will otherwise use a linear domain mapping.