[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] CPU PPC440x5 on Virtex5 FX

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Fri Jul 11 17:10:16 CEST 2008


On Friday 11 July 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <48776598.8050403 at seznam.cz> you wrote:
> > 2. I don't know if is good idea to create drivers for interrupt
> > controllers.
>
> I have to admit that such an idea surprises me a bit.
>
> > If yes xilinx_intc.c, will be better.
> > I will wait for WD comments.
>
> In my opinion an interrupt controller is fundamentally different from
> an device that is handled by a device driver. It therefore has no
> place in the drivers/ directory.

Yes, I was hesitating here too. Only other idea that comes to my mind is:

cpu/xilinx/interrupt.c

Better?

Best regards,
Stefan

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