On 05/07/2015 12:01 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
>> I have a follow up question regarding interrupt. I see many I2C bus drivers
>> request interrupt with flag = 0. Why not using IRQF_SHARED?
> 
> Probably because that particular IRQ is only used by the I2C
> Controller.  I'm not exactly sure that you're getting at?  Why do you
> think it should be shared?  You should only flag it as shared if it
> is.

I am working on a driver for multifunction card with open core I2C controller.
The interrupt is shared between I2C and other controller.

> 
>> I understand the performance concern. If there is any other reason, I want to
>> know about it before I go too far on my driver.
> 
> This sort of stuff is trivial to fix and shouldn't stand in the way
> of you writing and submitting v1 of your driver.
> 

It is trivial to fix. I just want to know if there is any reason the interrupt
wasn't shared. Seems not.

York
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