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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-12-04 15:59:07 +1100
commit79acbb3ff2d8095b692e1502b9eb2ccec348de26 (patch)
tree6ab773e5a8f9de2cd6443362b21d0d6fffe3b35e /drivers/net/b44.c
parent19a79859e168640f8e16d7b216d211c1c52b687a (diff)
parent2b5f6dcce5bf94b9b119e9ed8d537098ec61c3d2 (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-linus
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) {