On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 01:45:27AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > >> Sure. But the interrupt _assignment_ should be done by firmware. > > > > I can't argue with ideaology. > > It's not ideology; it's what the PCI spec says. > > >> p.s. And I know this isn't always practically possible; but why > >> then support a product like that at all, in the Open Source > >> community? > > > > By this reasoning, we should also not support the many BIOS/OF > > platforms that report incorrect data and have to have their > > reported data fixed up by the kernel. That's gross too by the > > same measure. > > There is a difference between patching some errors and doing > all the work yourself.
I see your point of view and disagree. > But hey, let not me stop you from doing this. Don't worry, you won't. :) -Matt
