Re: [RTnet-developers] shared interrupts with rtnet drivers

[Jan K. <jan...@si...>]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Sebastian Smolorz wrote:
>> Hello Jan,
>>
>> is there a reason why the RTnet drivers don't request their interrupts with 
>> flag RTDM_IRQTYPE_SHARED? We just stumbled over this fact when trying to get 
>> a CAN and an ethernet card working  under rtcan resp. rtnet with both IRQ 
>> 17.
>>
> 
> This has historical reasons. Old Xenomai and RTAI versions did not
> support IRQ sharing.
> 
> But I think we can now demand RTDM_API_VER >= 4 for RTnet (configure
> test) and add this bit to all drivers. Patches will be warmly welcomed.
> 

...provided all drivers are safe /wrt IRQ sharing. No blind conversion
please, only after review, maybe for prominent drivers first.

Jan

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