alistair23-linux/arch/x86/include
Thomas Gleixner bc07844a33 x86: Distangle ioapic and i8259
The proposed Moorestown support patches use an extra feature flag
mechanism to make the ioapic work w/o an i8259. There is a much
simpler solution.

Most i8259 specific functions are already called dependend on the irq
number less than NR_IRQS_LEGACY. Replacing that constant by a
read_mostly variable which can be set to 0 by the platform setup code
allows us to achieve the same without any special feature flags.

That trivial change allows us to proceed with MRST w/o doing a full
blown overhaul of the ioapic code which would delay MRST unduly.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-08-31 19:23:09 +02:00
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asm x86: Distangle ioapic and i8259 2009-08-31 19:23:09 +02:00