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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2013-06-28 11:45:15 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2013-06-28 12:56:04 +0200
commitccc414f83914178c7ab04ac4d4f0331fe4c37231 (patch)
treebb4ec23371f397de9407b4854e287e3c5d08efb5 /Documentation/DocBook
parentd55f0cc4c9a70e3105f1e813ab5f221a65ac2ec3 (diff)
genirq: Add the generic chip to the genirq docbook
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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@@ -464,6 +464,19 @@ if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi)
protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer.
</para>
</chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="genericchip">
+ <title>Generic interrupt chip</title>
+ <para>
+ To avoid copies of identical implementations of irq chips the
+ core provides a configurable generic interrupt chip
+ implementation. Developers should check carefuly whether the
+ generic chip fits their needs before implementing the same
+ functionality slightly different themself.
+ </para>
+!Ekernel/irq/generic-chip.c
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="structs">
<title>Structures</title>
<para>