Subject: Re: dangerous for initialize of MIPS timer
To: None <kiyohara@kk.iij4u.or.jp>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 09/30/2006 09:49:12
kiyohara@kk.iij4u.or.jp wrote:

> > >   #define _splnoclock()	  _spllower(MIPS_INT_MASK_5 | MIPS_SR_INT_IE)
> > 
> > IMHO, this usage doesn't match "system priority level" definitions
> > (i.e. splfoo() implies something to "raise" the system priority level)
> > so it might be better to have some other name, like enable_devintr()
> > or enable_extintr() etc? (in <mips/mips3_clock.h>?)
> 
> It cannot be thought that the name such as devintr and extintr is
> appropriateness to me. 
> In this case, I think that more directly name 'noclock' is the best. 

IMO `enable_intr_noclock()' also looks ambiguous, but we should ask
other native mips guys...

Another possible option is just removing spl calls from MD cpu_configure(9)
so that we don't have to choose any names?
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Izumi Tsutsui