diff --git a/arch/v850/Kconfig b/arch/v850/Kconfig
index 89c053b..3108659 100644
--- a/arch/v850/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/v850/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+	bool
+	default y
+
+config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
+	bool
+	default y
+
 # Turn off some random 386 crap that can affect device config
 config ISA
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/irq.c b/arch/v850/kernel/irq.c
index 534eb8a..7a151c2 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/irq.c
@@ -27,55 +27,15 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 /*
- * Controller mappings for all interrupt sources:
+ * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
+ * each architecture has to answer this themselves, it doesn't deserve
+ * a generic callback i think.
  */
-irq_desc_t irq_desc[NR_IRQS] __cacheline_aligned = {
-	[0 ... NR_IRQS-1] = {
-		.handler = &no_irq_type,
-		.lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED
-	}
-};
-
-/*
- * Special irq handlers.
- */
-
-irqreturn_t no_action(int cpl, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
+void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
-	return IRQ_NONE;
-}
-
-/*
- * Generic no controller code
- */
-
-static void enable_none(unsigned int irq) { }
-static unsigned int startup_none(unsigned int irq) { return 0; }
-static void disable_none(unsigned int irq) { }
-static void ack_none(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	/*
-	 * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
-	 * each architecture has to answer this themselves, it doesn't deserve
-	 * a generic callback i think.
-	 */
 	printk("received IRQ %d with unknown interrupt type\n", irq);
 }
 
-/* startup is the same as "enable", shutdown is same as "disable" */
-#define shutdown_none	disable_none
-#define end_none	enable_none
-
-struct hw_interrupt_type no_irq_type = {
-	.typename = "none",
-	.startup = startup_none,
-	.shutdown = shutdown_none,
-	.enable = enable_none,
-	.disable = disable_none,
-	.ack = ack_none,
-	.end = end_none
-};
-
 volatile unsigned long irq_err_count, spurious_count;
 
 /*
@@ -136,596 +96,16 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * This should really return information about whether
- * we should do bottom half handling etc. Right now we
- * end up _always_ checking the bottom half, which is a
- * waste of time and is not what some drivers would
- * prefer.
- */
-int handle_IRQ_event(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs * regs, struct irqaction * action)
-{
-	int status = 1; /* Force the "do bottom halves" bit */
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!(action->flags & SA_INTERRUPT))
-		local_irq_enable();
-
-	do {
-		ret = action->handler(irq, action->dev_id, regs);
-		if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED)
-			status |= action->flags;
-		action = action->next;
-	} while (action);
-	if (status & SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM)
-		add_interrupt_randomness(irq);
-	local_irq_disable();
-
-	return status;
-}
-
-/*
- * Generic enable/disable code: this just calls
- * down into the PIC-specific version for the actual
- * hardware disable after having gotten the irq
- * controller lock. 
- */
- 
-/**
- *	disable_irq_nosync - disable an irq without waiting
- *	@irq: Interrupt to disable
- *
- *	Disable the selected interrupt line. Disables of an interrupt
- *	stack. Unlike disable_irq(), this function does not ensure existing
- *	instances of the IRQ handler have completed before returning.
- *
- *	This function may be called from IRQ context.
- */
- 
-void inline disable_irq_nosync(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + irq;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	if (!desc->depth++) {
-		desc->status |= IRQ_DISABLED;
-		desc->handler->disable(irq);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
-}
-
-/**
- *	disable_irq - disable an irq and wait for completion
- *	@irq: Interrupt to disable
- *
- *	Disable the selected interrupt line. Disables of an interrupt
- *	stack. That is for two disables you need two enables. This
- *	function waits for any pending IRQ handlers for this interrupt
- *	to complete before returning. If you use this function while
- *	holding a resource the IRQ handler may need you will deadlock.
- *
- *	This function may be called - with care - from IRQ context.
- */
- 
-void disable_irq(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
-	synchronize_irq(irq);
-}
-
-/**
- *	enable_irq - enable interrupt handling on an irq
- *	@irq: Interrupt to enable
- *
- *	Re-enables the processing of interrupts on this IRQ line
- *	providing no disable_irq calls are now in effect.
- *
- *	This function may be called from IRQ context.
- */
- 
-void enable_irq(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + irq;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	switch (desc->depth) {
-	case 1: {
-		unsigned int status = desc->status & ~IRQ_DISABLED;
-		desc->status = status;
-		if ((status & (IRQ_PENDING | IRQ_REPLAY)) == IRQ_PENDING) {
-			desc->status = status | IRQ_REPLAY;
-			hw_resend_irq(desc->handler,irq);
-		}
-		desc->handler->enable(irq);
-		/* fall-through */
-	}
-	default:
-		desc->depth--;
-		break;
-	case 0:
-		printk("enable_irq(%u) unbalanced from %p\n", irq,
-		       __builtin_return_address(0));
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
-}
-
 /* Handle interrupt IRQ.  REGS are the registers at the time of ther
    interrupt.  */
 unsigned int handle_irq (int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	/* 
-	 * We ack quickly, we don't want the irq controller
-	 * thinking we're snobs just because some other CPU has
-	 * disabled global interrupts (we have already done the
-	 * INT_ACK cycles, it's too late to try to pretend to the
-	 * controller that we aren't taking the interrupt).
-	 *
-	 * 0 return value means that this irq is already being
-	 * handled by some other CPU. (or is disabled)
-	 */
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + irq;
-	struct irqaction * action;
-	unsigned int status;
-
 	irq_enter();
-	kstat_cpu(cpu).irqs[irq]++;
-	spin_lock(&desc->lock);
-	desc->handler->ack(irq);
-	/*
-	   REPLAY is when Linux resends an IRQ that was dropped earlier
-	   WAITING is used by probe to mark irqs that are being tested
-	   */
-	status = desc->status & ~(IRQ_REPLAY | IRQ_WAITING);
-	status |= IRQ_PENDING; /* we _want_ to handle it */
-
-	/*
-	 * If the IRQ is disabled for whatever reason, we cannot
-	 * use the action we have.
-	 */
-	action = NULL;
-	if (likely(!(status & (IRQ_DISABLED | IRQ_INPROGRESS)))) {
-		action = desc->action;
-		status &= ~IRQ_PENDING; /* we commit to handling */
-		status |= IRQ_INPROGRESS; /* we are handling it */
-	}
-	desc->status = status;
-
-	/*
-	 * If there is no IRQ handler or it was disabled, exit early.
-	   Since we set PENDING, if another processor is handling
-	   a different instance of this same irq, the other processor
-	   will take care of it.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!action))
-		goto out;
-
-	/*
-	 * Edge triggered interrupts need to remember
-	 * pending events.
-	 * This applies to any hw interrupts that allow a second
-	 * instance of the same irq to arrive while we are in handle_irq
-	 * or in the handler. But the code here only handles the _second_
-	 * instance of the irq, not the third or fourth. So it is mostly
-	 * useful for irq hardware that does not mask cleanly in an
-	 * SMP environment.
-	 */
-	for (;;) {
-		spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
-		handle_IRQ_event(irq, regs, action);
-		spin_lock(&desc->lock);
-		
-		if (likely(!(desc->status & IRQ_PENDING)))
-			break;
-		desc->status &= ~IRQ_PENDING;
-	}
-	desc->status &= ~IRQ_INPROGRESS;
-
-out:
-	/*
-	 * The ->end() handler has to deal with interrupts which got
-	 * disabled while the handler was running.
-	 */
-	desc->handler->end(irq);
-	spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
-
+	__do_IRQ(irq, regs);
 	irq_exit();
-
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/**
- *	request_irq - allocate an interrupt line
- *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
- *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs
- *	@irqflags: Interrupt type flags
- *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
- *	@dev_id: A cookie passed back to the handler function
- *
- *	This call allocates interrupt resources and enables the
- *	interrupt line and IRQ handling. From the point this
- *	call is made your handler function may be invoked. Since
- *	your handler function must clear any interrupt the board 
- *	raises, you must take care both to initialise your hardware
- *	and to set up the interrupt handler in the right order.
- *
- *	Dev_id must be globally unique. Normally the address of the
- *	device data structure is used as the cookie. Since the handler
- *	receives this value it makes sense to use it.
- *
- *	If your interrupt is shared you must pass a non NULL dev_id
- *	as this is required when freeing the interrupt.
- *
- *	Flags:
- *
- *	SA_SHIRQ		Interrupt is shared
- *
- *	SA_INTERRUPT		Disable local interrupts while processing
- *
- *	SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM	The interrupt can be used for entropy
- *
- */
- 
-int request_irq(unsigned int irq, 
-		irqreturn_t (*handler)(int, void *, struct pt_regs *),
-		unsigned long irqflags, 
-		const char * devname,
-		void *dev_id)
-{
-	int retval;
-	struct irqaction * action;
-
-#if 1
-	/*
-	 * Sanity-check: shared interrupts should REALLY pass in
-	 * a real dev-ID, otherwise we'll have trouble later trying
-	 * to figure out which interrupt is which (messes up the
-	 * interrupt freeing logic etc).
-	 */
-	if (irqflags & SA_SHIRQ) {
-		if (!dev_id)
-			printk("Bad boy: %s (at 0x%x) called us without a dev_id!\n", devname, (&irq)[-1]);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (irq >= NR_IRQS)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!handler)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	action = (struct irqaction *)
-			kmalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!action)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	action->handler = handler;
-	action->flags = irqflags;
-	cpus_clear(action->mask);
-	action->name = devname;
-	action->next = NULL;
-	action->dev_id = dev_id;
-
-	retval = setup_irq(irq, action);
-	if (retval)
-		kfree(action);
-	return retval;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_irq);
-
-/**
- *	free_irq - free an interrupt
- *	@irq: Interrupt line to free
- *	@dev_id: Device identity to free
- *
- *	Remove an interrupt handler. The handler is removed and if the
- *	interrupt line is no longer in use by any driver it is disabled.
- *	On a shared IRQ the caller must ensure the interrupt is disabled
- *	on the card it drives before calling this function. The function
- *	does not return until any executing interrupts for this IRQ
- *	have completed.
- *
- *	This function may be called from interrupt context. 
- *
- *	Bugs: Attempting to free an irq in a handler for the same irq hangs
- *	      the machine.
- */
- 
-void free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
-{
-	irq_desc_t *desc;
-	struct irqaction **p;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (irq >= NR_IRQS)
-		return;
-
-	desc = irq_desc + irq;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock,flags);
-	p = &desc->action;
-	for (;;) {
-		struct irqaction * action = *p;
-		if (action) {
-			struct irqaction **pp = p;
-			p = &action->next;
-			if (action->dev_id != dev_id)
-				continue;
-
-			/* Found it - now remove it from the list of entries */
-			*pp = action->next;
-			if (!desc->action) {
-				desc->status |= IRQ_DISABLED;
-				desc->handler->shutdown(irq);
-			}
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock,flags);
-
-			synchronize_irq(irq);
-			kfree(action);
-			return;
-		}
-		printk("Trying to free free IRQ%d\n",irq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock,flags);
-		return;
-	}
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_irq);
-
-/*
- * IRQ autodetection code..
- *
- * This depends on the fact that any interrupt that
- * comes in on to an unassigned handler will get stuck
- * with "IRQ_WAITING" cleared and the interrupt
- * disabled.
- */
-
-static DECLARE_MUTEX(probe_sem);
-
-/**
- *	probe_irq_on	- begin an interrupt autodetect
- *
- *	Commence probing for an interrupt. The interrupts are scanned
- *	and a mask of potential interrupt lines is returned.
- *
- */
- 
-unsigned long probe_irq_on(void)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-	irq_desc_t *desc;
-	unsigned long val;
-	unsigned long delay;
-
-	down(&probe_sem);
-	/* 
-	 * something may have generated an irq long ago and we want to
-	 * flush such a longstanding irq before considering it as spurious. 
-	 */
-	for (i = NR_IRQS-1; i > 0; i--)  {
-		desc = irq_desc + i;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		if (!irq_desc[i].action) 
-			irq_desc[i].handler->startup(i);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-	}
-
-	/* Wait for longstanding interrupts to trigger. */
-	for (delay = jiffies + HZ/50; time_after(delay, jiffies); )
-		/* about 20ms delay */ barrier();
-
-	/*
-	 * enable any unassigned irqs
-	 * (we must startup again here because if a longstanding irq
-	 * happened in the previous stage, it may have masked itself)
-	 */
-	for (i = NR_IRQS-1; i > 0; i--) {
-		desc = irq_desc + i;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		if (!desc->action) {
-			desc->status |= IRQ_AUTODETECT | IRQ_WAITING;
-			if (desc->handler->startup(i))
-				desc->status |= IRQ_PENDING;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Wait for spurious interrupts to trigger
-	 */
-	for (delay = jiffies + HZ/10; time_after(delay, jiffies); )
-		/* about 100ms delay */ barrier();
-
-	/*
-	 * Now filter out any obviously spurious interrupts
-	 */
-	val = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
-		irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + i;
-		unsigned int status;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		status = desc->status;
-
-		if (status & IRQ_AUTODETECT) {
-			/* It triggered already - consider it spurious. */
-			if (!(status & IRQ_WAITING)) {
-				desc->status = status & ~IRQ_AUTODETECT;
-				desc->handler->shutdown(i);
-			} else
-				if (i < 32)
-					val |= 1 << i;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-	}
-
-	return val;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(probe_irq_on);
-
-/*
- * Return a mask of triggered interrupts (this
- * can handle only legacy ISA interrupts).
- */
- 
-/**
- *	probe_irq_mask - scan a bitmap of interrupt lines
- *	@val:	mask of interrupts to consider
- *
- *	Scan the ISA bus interrupt lines and return a bitmap of
- *	active interrupts. The interrupt probe logic state is then
- *	returned to its previous value.
- *
- *	Note: we need to scan all the irq's even though we will
- *	only return ISA irq numbers - just so that we reset them
- *	all to a known state.
- */
-unsigned int probe_irq_mask(unsigned long val)
-{
-	int i;
-	unsigned int mask;
-
-	mask = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
-		irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + i;
-		unsigned int status;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		status = desc->status;
-
-		if (status & IRQ_AUTODETECT) {
-			if (i < 16 && !(status & IRQ_WAITING))
-				mask |= 1 << i;
-
-			desc->status = status & ~IRQ_AUTODETECT;
-			desc->handler->shutdown(i);
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-	}
-	up(&probe_sem);
-
-	return mask & val;
-}
-
-/*
- * Return the one interrupt that triggered (this can
- * handle any interrupt source).
- */
-
-/**
- *	probe_irq_off	- end an interrupt autodetect
- *	@val: mask of potential interrupts (unused)
- *
- *	Scans the unused interrupt lines and returns the line which
- *	appears to have triggered the interrupt. If no interrupt was
- *	found then zero is returned. If more than one interrupt is
- *	found then minus the first candidate is returned to indicate
- *	their is doubt.
- *
- *	The interrupt probe logic state is returned to its previous
- *	value.
- *
- *	BUGS: When used in a module (which arguably shouldnt happen)
- *	nothing prevents two IRQ probe callers from overlapping. The
- *	results of this are non-optimal.
- */
- 
-int probe_irq_off(unsigned long val)
-{
-	int i, irq_found, nr_irqs;
-
-	nr_irqs = 0;
-	irq_found = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
-		irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + i;
-		unsigned int status;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		status = desc->status;
-
-		if (status & IRQ_AUTODETECT) {
-			if (!(status & IRQ_WAITING)) {
-				if (!nr_irqs)
-					irq_found = i;
-				nr_irqs++;
-			}
-			desc->status = status & ~IRQ_AUTODETECT;
-			desc->handler->shutdown(i);
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-	}
-	up(&probe_sem);
-
-	if (nr_irqs > 1)
-		irq_found = -irq_found;
-	return irq_found;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(probe_irq_off);
-
-/* this was setup_x86_irq but it seems pretty generic */
-int setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction * new)
-{
-	int shared = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct irqaction *old, **p;
-	irq_desc_t *desc = irq_desc + irq;
-
-	/*
-	 * Some drivers like serial.c use request_irq() heavily,
-	 * so we have to be careful not to interfere with a
-	 * running system.
-	 */
-	if (new->flags & SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM) {
-		/*
-		 * This function might sleep, we want to call it first,
-		 * outside of the atomic block.
-		 * Yes, this might clear the entropy pool if the wrong
-		 * driver is attempted to be loaded, without actually
-		 * installing a new handler, but is this really a problem,
-		 * only the sysadmin is able to do this.
-		 */
-		rand_initialize_irq(irq);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The following block of code has to be executed atomically
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock,flags);
-	p = &desc->action;
-	if ((old = *p) != NULL) {
-		/* Can't share interrupts unless both agree to */
-		if (!(old->flags & new->flags & SA_SHIRQ)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock,flags);
-			return -EBUSY;
-		}
-
-		/* add new interrupt at end of irq queue */
-		do {
-			p = &old->next;
-			old = *p;
-		} while (old);
-		shared = 1;
-	}
-
-	*p = new;
-
-	if (!shared) {
-		desc->depth = 0;
-		desc->status &= ~(IRQ_DISABLED | IRQ_AUTODETECT | IRQ_WAITING | IRQ_INPROGRESS);
-		desc->handler->startup(irq);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock,flags);
-
-	/* register_irq_proc(irq); */
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* Initialize irq handling for IRQs.
    BASE_IRQ, BASE_IRQ+INTERVAL, ..., BASE_IRQ+NUM*INTERVAL
    to IRQ_TYPE.  An IRQ_TYPE of 0 means to use a generic interrupt type.  */
@@ -741,9 +121,3 @@
 		base_irq += interval;
 	}
 }
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
-void init_irq_proc(void)
-{
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS && CONFIG_SYSCTL */