request_irq return errno 38

[Michael Ellerman]

On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 15:11 +0530, Vijay Nikam wrote:
> Thanks for your prompt reply ...
> 
> I am using kernel version 2.6.20 ...

OK, that kernel has the irq remapping stuff.

> May I know what raw IRQ means ? ? ? and what is the reason I cant map
> raw_irq_number ???

Sorry, that's not the best terminology.

I guess the right name is hardware irq number.

You can't map it because the kernel keeps a mapping between hardware irq
numbers and virtual irq numbers. request_irq() expects a virtual irq
number.

cheers

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