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2007-01-15mmc: Correct definition of R6Philip Langdale
During development of SDHC support, it was discovered that the definition for R6 was incorrect. This patch fixes that and patches the drivers that do switch on the response type. Signed-off-by: Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org> Cc: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> Cc: Pavel Pisa <ppisa@pikron.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-01-15omap: Update MMC response typesCarlos Eduardo Aguiar
This patch is a fix in order to update MMC response types. This modification is needed to allow SD card support on OMAP platforms. Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar@indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Yuha Yrjola <juha.yrjola@solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-01-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: MMC: at91 mmc linkage updates ARM: OMAP: fix MMC workqueue changes
2007-01-08[ARM] Fix potential MMCI bugRussell King
The MMCI driver might end up aborting the initial command and leaving the data part of the command sequence still in place. Avoid this problem by ensuring that any data sequence is properly cleared out when a command completes. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-01-04MMC: at91 mmc linkage updatesDavid Brownell
Linker level tweaks for the AT91 MMC driver: - fix a wrongly-exported symbol - move probe() to init section - move remove() to exit section When this driver is statically linked, this patch shrinks the driver's runtime I-space footprint by over 20% (950 bytes). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-01-04ARM: OMAP: fix MMC workqueue changesKyungmin Park
fix OMAP MMC workqueue in recent workqueue change Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC update for 2.6.19Andrew Victor
The driver is usable on the newer SAM9 processors so replace all text references to AT91RM9200 with just AT91. The controller bug where all the words are byte-swapped is fixed on the AT91SAM9 processors. The byte-swapping work-around therefore only needs to be done if cpu_is_at91rm9200(). [Original patch from Wojtek Kaniewski] The AT91RM9200 and AT91SAM9260 processors support two MMC/SD slots - the slot which is connected is now passed via the platform_data and the correct slot selected in the AT91_MCI_SDCR register. The driver should not be calling at91_set_gpio_output() since the VCC pin should have already been configured as an output in the processor/board setup code. The driver should call at91_set_gpio_value(). Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11mmc: Change SDHCI iomem error to a warningPierre Ossman
Some controllers report an invalid iomem size, but seem to work correctly anyway. Change our current error to just a warning and hope it doesn't cause too much problems. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11mmc: fix "prev->state: 2 != TASK_RUNNING??" problem on SD/MMC card removalVitaly Wool
Currently on SD/MMC card removal the system exhibits the following message (the platform is ARM Versatile): prev->state: 2 != TASK_RUNNING?? mmcqd/762[CPU#0]: BUG in __schedule at linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c:3826 (akpm: someone tried to fix this, but it's still wrong) Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 5 : Minor cleanupsAndrew Victor
A number of small cleanups to the AT91RM9200 MMC driver: - fix warnings generated by pr_debug(). - prepend "AT91 MMC:" to printk() messages. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 4 : Interrupt handler cleanupAndrew Victor
This patch simplifies the AT91RM9200 MMC interrupt handler code so that it doesn't re-read the Interrupt Status and Interrupt Mask registers multiple times. Also defined AT91_MCI_ERRORS instead of using the hard-coded 0xffff0000. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 3 : Move global mci_clk variableAndrew Victor
Move the global 'mci_clk' variable into the local 'at91mci_host' structure. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 2 : Use platform resourcesAndrew Victor
Use the I/O base-address and IRQ passed to the driver via the platform_device resources instead of using hardcoded values. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 1: Pass host structure.Andrew Victor
The I/O base address is now stored in the 'at91mci_host' structure. We therefore have to pass this structure to at91_mci_read() and at91_mci_write(). Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-08Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: mmc: fix au1xmmc build error mmc: pxamci compilation fix
2006-12-08[PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernelDavid Howells
This facility provides three entry points: ilog2() Log base 2 of unsigned long ilog2_u32() Log base 2 of u32 ilog2_u64() Log base 2 of u64 These facilities can either be used inside functions on dynamic data: int do_something(long q) { ...; y = ilog2(x) ...; } Or can be used to statically initialise global variables with constant values: unsigned n = ilog2(27); When performing static initialisation, the compiler will report "error: initializer element is not constant" if asked to take a log of zero or of something not reducible to a constant. They treat negative numbers as unsigned. When not dealing with a constant, they fall back to using fls() which permits them to use arch-specific log calculation instructions - such as BSR on x86/x86_64 or SCAN on FRV - if available. [akpm@osdl.org: MMC fix] Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Wojtek Kaniewski <wojtekka@toxygen.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (76 commits) [ARM] 4002/1: S3C24XX: leave parent IRQs unmasked [ARM] 4001/1: S3C24XX: shorten reboot time [ARM] 3983/2: remove unused argument to __bug() [ARM] 4000/1: Osiris: add third serial port in [ARM] 3999/1: RX3715: suspend to RAM support [ARM] 3998/1: VR1000: LED platform devices [ARM] 3995/1: iop13xx: add iop13xx support [ARM] 3968/1: iop13xx: add iop13xx_defconfig [ARM] Update mach-types [ARM] Allow gcc to optimise arm_add_memory a little more [ARM] 3991/1: i.MX/MX1 high resolution time source [ARM] 3990/1: i.MX/MX1 more precise PLL decode [ARM] 3986/1: H1940: suspend to RAM support [ARM] 3985/1: ixp4xx clocksource cleanup [ARM] 3984/1: ixp4xx/nslu2: Fix disk LED numbering (take 2) [ARM] 3994/1: ixp23xx: fix handling of pci master aborts [ARM] 3981/1: sched_clock for PXA2xx [ARM] 3980/1: extend the ARM Versatile sched_clock implementation from 32 to 63 bit [ARM] 3979/1: extend the SA11x0 sched_clock implementation from 32 to 63 bit period [ARM] 3978/1: macro to provide a 63-bit value from a 32-bit hardware counter ...
2006-12-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David Howells
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c drivers/usb/core/hub.h drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c net/core/netpoll.c Fix up merge failures with Linus's head and fix new compilation failures. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-12-05mmc: fix au1xmmc build errorYoichi Yuasa
This patch has fixed the following build error abou au1xmmc. drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c: In function `au1xmmc_poll_event': drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:835: warning: unused variable `status' drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c: At top level: drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:878: error: parse error before "const" drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c: In function `au1xmmc_probe': drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:909: error: `au1xmmc_ops' undeclared (first use in this function) drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:909: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:909: error: for each function it appears in.) drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c: At top level: drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:659: warning: 'au1xmmc_request' defined but not used drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.c:719: warning: 'au1xmmc_set_ios' defined but not used make[2]: *** [drivers/mmc/au1xmmc.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/mmc] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-05mmc: pxamci compilation fixSascha Hauer
since commit fcaf71fd51f9cfc504455d3e19ec242e4b2073ed struct mmc_host does not have a dev field. Retrieve the device with mmc_dev() instead. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-02Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: mmc: correct request error handling mmc: Flush block queue when removing card mmc: sdhci high speed support mmc: Support for high speed SD cards mmc: Fix mmc_delay() function mmc: Add support for mmc v4 wide-bus modes [PATCH] mmc: Add support for mmc v4 high speed mode trivial change for mmc/Kconfig: MMC_PXA does not mean only PXA255 Make general code cleanups Add MMC_CAP_{MULTIWRITE,BYTEBLOCK} flags Platform device error handling cleanup Move register definitions away from the header file Change OMAP_MMC_{READ,WRITE} macros to use the host pointer Replace base with virt_base and phys_base mmc: constify mmc_host_ops vectors mmc: remove kernel_thread()
2006-12-01Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (36 commits) Driver core: show drivers in /sys/module/ Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt update/rewrite Driver core: platform_driver_probe(), can save codespace driver core: Use klist_remove() in device_move() driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent. Driver core: make drivers/base/core.c:setup_parent() static driver core: Introduce device_find_child(). sysfs: sysfs_write_file() writes zero terminated data cpu topology: consider sysfs_create_group return value Driver core: Call platform_notify_remove later ACPI: Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_data Driver core: add dev_archdata to struct device Driver core: convert sound core to use struct device Driver core: change mem class_devices to be real devices Driver core: convert fb code to use struct device Driver core: convert firmware code to use struct device Driver core: convert mmc code to use struct device Driver core: convert ppdev code to use struct device Driver core: convert PPP code to use struct device Driver core: convert cpuid code to use struct device ...
2006-12-01Driver core: convert mmc code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01mmc: correct request error handlingPierre Ossman
We need to jump to the part of just flushing the request when we cannot claim the bus. Sending commands to a bus we do not own will give unpredictable results. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: Flush block queue when removing cardPierre Ossman
After mmc_block's remove function has exited, we must not touch the card structure in any way. This means we not only must remove the gendisk, we must also flush out any remaning requests already queued up. We previously removed the disk, but didn't flush it, causing oops:es when removing a card in the middle of a transfer. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: sdhci high speed supportPierre Ossman
The SDHCI spec implies that is is incorrect to set a clock frequency above 25 MHz without setting the high speed bit. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: Support for high speed SD cardsPierre Ossman
Modern SD cards support a clock speed of 50 MHz. Make sure we test for this capability and do the song and dance required to activate it. Activating high speed support actually modifies the TRAN_SPEED field of the CSD. But as the spec says that the cards must report 50 MHz, we might as well skip re-reading the CSD. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: Fix mmc_delay() functionPierre Ossman
Several fixes for mmc_delay(): * Repair if-clause that was supposed to detect sub-hz delays. * Change yield() to cond_resched() as yield() no longer has the semantics we desire. * mmc_delay() is used to guarantee protocol delays, so we cannot return early (i.e. use _interruptable). Based on patch by Amol Lad. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: Add support for mmc v4 wide-bus modesPhilip Langdale
This change adds support for the mmc4 4-bit wide-bus mode. The mmc4 spec defines 8-bit and 4-bit transfer modes. As we do not support any 8-bit hardware, this patch only adds support for the 4-bit mode, but it can easily be built upon when the time comes. The 4-bit mode is electrically compatible with SD's 4-bit mode but the procedure for turning it on is different. This patch implements only the essential parts of the procedure as defined by the spec. Two additional steps are recommended but not compulsory. I am documenting them here so that there's a record. 1) A bus-test mechanism is implemented using dedicated mmc commands which allow for testing the functionality of the data bus at the electrical level. This is pretty paranoid and they way the commands work is not compatible with the mmc subsystem (they don't set valid CRC values). 2) MMC v4 cards can indicate they would like to draw more than the default amount of current in wide-bus modes. We currently will never switch the card into a higher draw mode. Supposedly, allowing the card to draw more current will let it perform better, but the specs seem to indicate that the card will function correctly without the mode change. Empirical testing supports this interpretation. Signed-off-by: Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01[PATCH] mmc: Add support for mmc v4 high speed modePhilip Langdale
This adds support for the high-speed modes defined by mmc v4 (assuming the host controller is up to it). On a TI sdhci controller, it improves read speed from 1.3MBps to 2.3MBps. The TI controller can only go up to 24MHz, but everything helps. Another person has taken this basic patch and used it on a Nokia 770 to get a bigger boost because that controller can run at 48MHZ. Signed-off-by: Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01trivial change for mmc/Kconfig: MMC_PXA does not mean only PXA255Marcin Juszkiewicz
PXA MMC driver supports not only PXA255 but also PXA250 and newer ones Signed-off-by: Marcin Juszkiewicz <hrw@openembedded.org> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Make general code cleanupsJuha Yrjola juha.yrjola
This patch is part of Juha Yrjola's and Komal Shah's earlier patch to make general code cleanups Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Juha Yrjola <juha.yrjola <at> solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Komal Shah <komal_shah802003 <at> yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Add MMC_CAP_{MULTIWRITE,BYTEBLOCK} flagsTony Lindgren tony
This patch is part of Tony Lindgren's earlier patch to add MMC_CAP_{MULTIWRITE,BYTEBLOCK} flags in omap.c Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony <at> atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Platform device error handling cleanupJuha Yrjola juha.yrjola
This patch is part of Juha Yrjola's earlier patch to add platform device error handling and a BUG_ON to verify if host == NULL Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Juha Yrjola <juha.yrjola <at> solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Move register definitions away from the header fileJuha Yrjola juha.yrjola
This patch is part of Juha Yrjola's earlier patch to move register definitions away from the header file and the header file is removed. Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Juha Yrjola <juha.yrjola <at> solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Change OMAP_MMC_{READ,WRITE} macros to use the host pointerJuha Yrjola juha.yrjola
This patch is part of Juha Yrjola's earlier patch to change OMAP_MMC_{READ,WRITE} macros to use the host pointer Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Juha Yrjola <juha.yrjola <at> solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01Replace base with virt_base and phys_baseJuha Yrjola juha.yrjola
This patch is part of Juha Yrjola's earlier patch to replace base with virt_base and phys_base Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Aguiar <carlos.aguiar <at> indt.org.br> Signed-off-by: Juha Yrjola <juha.yrjola <at> solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: constify mmc_host_ops vectorsDavid Brownell
Now that mmc_host_ops can be constified, update the various drivers to constify those method tables and shrink the writable data segment. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01mmc: remove kernel_thread()Christoph Hellwig
Replace kernel_thread() with kthread_run()/kthread_stop(). Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-01[ARM] 3963/1: AT91: Update configuration filesAndrew Victor
A number of configuration file changes. These are mainly to replace references to ARCH_AT91RM9200 and ARCH_AT91SAM9261 with the common/generic ARCH_AT91. That way we don't need to mention every specific AT91 processor explicitly. Also adds the configuration option for AT91SAM9260-EK and AT91SAM9261-EK boards. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-11-30[ARM] 3954/1: AT91: Update drivers for new headersAndrew Victor
This patch updates the drivers (and other files) which include the hardware headers. This fixes the breakage introduced in patches 3950/1 and 3951/1 (those patches were getting big). The AVR32 architecture uses the same serial driver and had its own copy of at91rm9200_pdc.h. Renamed it to at91_pdc.h Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-11-30BUG_ON conversion for drivers/mmc/omap.cEric Sesterhenn
This patch converts a if () BUG(); construct to BUG_ON(); which occupies less space, uses unlikely and is safer when BUG() is disabled. Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-11-22WorkStruct: make allyesconfigDavid Howells
Fix up for make allyesconfig. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-11-09MMC: Do not set unsupported bits in OCR responseTimo Teras
The card might go to inactive state (according to specification), if there are unsupported bits set in the OCR. Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-11-09MMC: Poll card status after rescanning cardsTimo Teras
Some broken cards seem to process CMD1 even in stand-by state. The result is that the card replies with ILLEGAL_COMMAND error for the next command sent after rescanning. Currently the next command is select card, which would return the error. But CMD7 does actually succeed and retries of the command will timeout. The workaround is to poll card status after CMD1 to clear the pending error. Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@solidboot.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-10-24[PATCH] missing includes of io.hAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-10[PATCH] passing pointer to setup_timer() should be via unsigned longAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-09[PATCH] tifm __iomem annotations, NULL noise removalAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-06[PATCH] mmc: multi sector write transfersPierre Ossman
SD cards extend the protocol by allowing the host to query a card how many blocks were successfully stored on the medium. This allows us to safely write chunks of blocks at once. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-05IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlersDavid Howells
Maintain a per-CPU global "struct pt_regs *" variable which can be used instead of passing regs around manually through all ~1800 interrupt handlers in the Linux kernel. The regs pointer is used in few places, but it potentially costs both stack space and code to pass it around. On the FRV arch, removing the regs parameter from all the genirq function results in a 20% speed up of the IRQ exit path (ie: from leaving timer_interrupt() to leaving do_IRQ()). Where appropriate, an arch may override the generic storage facility and do something different with the variable. On FRV, for instance, the address is maintained in GR28 at all times inside the kernel as part of general exception handling. Having looked over the code, it appears that the parameter may be handed down through up to twenty or so layers of functions. Consider a USB character device attached to a USB hub, attached to a USB controller that posts its interrupts through a cascaded auxiliary interrupt controller. A character device driver may want to pass regs to the sysrq handler through the input layer which adds another few layers of parameter passing. I've build this code with allyesconfig for x86_64 and i386. I've runtested the main part of the code on FRV and i386, though I can't test most of the drivers. I've also done partial conversion for powerpc and MIPS - these at least compile with minimal configurations. This will affect all archs. Mostly the changes should be relatively easy. Take do_IRQ(), store the regs pointer at the beginning, saving the old one: struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs); And put the old one back at the end: set_irq_regs(old_regs); Don't pass regs through to generic_handle_irq() or __do_IRQ(). In timer_interrupt(), this sort of change will be necessary: - update_process_times(user_mode(regs)); - profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING, regs); + update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs())); + profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING); I'd like to move update_process_times()'s use of get_irq_regs() into itself, except that i386, alone of the archs, uses something other than user_mode(). Some notes on the interrupt handling in the drivers: (*) input_dev() is now gone entirely. The regs pointer is no longer stored in the input_dev struct. (*) finish_unlinks() in drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c needs checking. It does something different depending on whether it's been supplied with a regs pointer or not. (*) Various IRQ handler function pointers have been moved to type irq_handler_t. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> (cherry picked from 1b16e7ac850969f38b375e511e3fa2f474a33867 commit)