linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add bcm2835aux interrupt controller

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 22:37:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>
Cc:     alexanders83@....de, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add bcm2835aux interrupt controller

Hi Phil,

> Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org> hat am 7. Juni 2017 um 13:11 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Devices in the AUX block share a common interrupt line, with a register
> indicating which devices have active IRQs. Expose this as a nested
> interrupt controller to avoid IRQ sharing problems (easily observed if
> UART1 and SPI1/2 are enabled simultaneously).
> 
> The interrupt functionality could arguably be forked off as a separate
> irqchip driver, but the clock driver has already claimed the AUX_IRQ
> register so some driver and DT surgery would still be required.
> Eric Anholt thought that including it here is reasonable, but I'm
> prepared to split it out if this is considered too hacky.

in order to give the maintainers (e.g. irqchip) a chance, they should be included into CC.

> 
> Phil Elwell (2):
>   clk: bcm2835: Add AUX interrupt controller

Either way the dt-binding must be updated as a separate patch. So Rob can review it.

Thanks for submitting this upstream.

Stefan

>   ARM: dts: bcm283x: Enable AUX interrupt controller
> 
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm283x.dtsi    |  12 +++-
>  drivers/clk/bcm/clk-bcm2835-aux.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>