David

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>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net]
>> dev_ifsioc_locked()
>> 	case SIOCGIFMAP:
>> 			ifr->ifr_map.irq = dev->irq;   // ?? type mismatch
>>
>> Here
>> ifr->ifr_map.irq) is of type unsigned char
>> dev-irq is of type unsigned int
>>
>> So ifconfig reports a wrong irq number when the dev->irq number is > 255.
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>This is a known and unavoidable limitation of this interface.
>It's only real use is to control ISA style IRQs which are < 255.

On Zoom2 TI OMAP3 based board, the IRQ we are requesting is value=381 and hence the problem reported.
We do understand that this would break all user level code.

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>> I am confused to see the same typedefs in file: net/if.h
>> Not sure how to make changes for the user side net/if.h file?

Any idea why net/if.h user level file does not have same definitions as linux/if.h?
In other words, what is the origin of net/if.h file?

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>> Signed-off-by: Moiz Sonasath <m-sonasath@ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vikram Pandita <vikram.pandita@ti.com>
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>You can't make these kinds of changes, every userland binary out there
>using this structure would break.

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