From: Bjorn Helgaas PNP devices can use shared interrupts, so check to see whether we'll need SA_SHIRQ for request_irq(). The builtin PDH UART on the HP rx8640 is an example of an ACPI/PNP device that uses a shareable level-triggered, active-low interrupt. The interrupt can be shared in very large I/O configurations or by artificially lowering IA64_DEF_LAST_DEVICE_VECTOR. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Adam Belay Cc: Matthieu Castet Cc: Li Shaohua Cc: Len Brown Acked-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c~serial-allow-shared-8250_pnp-interrupts drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c --- a/drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c~serial-allow-shared-8250_pnp-interrupts +++ a/drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c @@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ serial_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev *dev, co #endif port.flags |= UPF_SKIP_TEST | UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF; + if (pnp_irq_flags(dev, 0) & IORESOURCE_IRQ_SHAREABLE) + port.flags |= UPF_SHARE_IRQ; port.uartclk = 1843200; port.dev = &dev->dev; _