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authorAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2006-11-21 10:22:09 +0100
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2006-11-21 10:22:09 +0100
commit1b7f6a626f0ff511c3840678466cbfe1d62c0b29 (patch)
tree415e8c838c0067bff384afb8a2c91e5f7c6d11d3 /drivers/net/b44.c
parentb3edc9cec07ade41aaf1804f7c9e876afa90c862 (diff)
parent3f5a6ca31c334011fd929501a078424c0d3f71be (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/b44.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/b44.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index 1ec217433b4..474a4e3438d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -908,8 +908,9 @@ static irqreturn_t b44_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
istat = br32(bp, B44_ISTAT);
imask = br32(bp, B44_IMASK);
- /* ??? What the fuck is the purpose of the interrupt mask
- * ??? register if we have to mask it out by hand anyways?
+ /* The interrupt mask register controls which interrupt bits
+ * will actually raise an interrupt to the CPU when set by hw/firmware,
+ * but doesn't mask off the bits.
*/
istat &= imask;
if (istat) {