linux-kernel - Re: Threaded interrupts for synaptic touchscreen in HTC dream

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Message-Id: <200907221013.32087.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:13:31 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Trilok Soni <soni.trilok@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"Arve Hj?nnev?g" <arve@...roid.com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@...sung.com>,
	m.szyprowski@...sung.com, t.fujak@...sung.com,
	kyungmin.park@...sung.com, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Daniel Ribeiro <drwyrm@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Threaded interrupts for synaptic touchscreen in HTC dream

On Wednesday 22 July 2009, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> > I do think this should be set up by the driver - the platform/arch code
> > can't be 100% certain what model of servicing interrupts driver will
> > chose, nor the driver can know whether arch code set things up for
> > threaded or classic interrupt handling.
> > 
> > Since handle_level_oneshot_irq requires drivers to use threaded IRQ
> > model (in absence of thread interrupt will never be unmasked) it would
> > be better if we did set it up automatically, right there in
> > request_threaded_irq(). This would reduce maintenance issues between
> > platform and driver code.
> 
> No, it's the wrong way round. 
> 
> The platform code sets up the platform devices. So there is no real
> good reason that the platform code does not know about the details.

Except for the "development board" family of exceptions to
such rules ... or the "Processor-on-Card" model, where the
same platform/card gets used in a variety of different
chassis configurations, with different peripherals.

It may not be possible to know *which* configuration is
being used at board setup time.  However it most certainly
is known by the time a driver is configuring.



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