linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] pch_gpio: Support interrupt function

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:14:14 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya-linux@....okisemi.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com, qi.wang@...el.com,
	yong.y.wang@...el.com, joel.clark@...el.com,
	kok.howg.ewe@...el.com, toshiharu-linux@....okisemi.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] pch_gpio: Support interrupt function

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 05:27:35PM +0900, Tomoya MORINAGA wrote:
> Hi Grant,
> 
> (2011/07/05 14:52), Tomoya MORINAGA wrote:
> >(2011/07/05 12:59), Grant Likely wrote:
> >>>As we discussed before,
> >>>without specifying PCH_IRQ_BASE,
> >>>it seemed IRQ number collision issue occurred.
> >>>Thus, I added PCH_IRQ_BASE.
> >>
> >>Then fix the irq collision. If the core code hands out an irq range
> >>that is in-use by some other driver, then the other driver isn't
> >>reserving it's irqs correctly and it needs to be fixed. Hacking
> >>around the problem doesn't help anything in the long run.
> >>
> >
> >I tried to work irq_alloc_descs with dynamic allocation.(Set 2nd
> >parameter as 0).
> >However it seems the issue remains to be seen.
> >I attached dmesg output log, /proc/interrupts log and modified PCH-GPIO
> >source code.
> >
> >Could you give me your opinion or information ?
> >
> >NOTE: I tested on linux-3.0-rc3
> >
> How is it going ?

Sounds like the platform is not correctly reserving the irq descs it
is using.  You'll need to dig into the irq desc allocation code to
debug it.

g.

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