linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: Emma Mobile GPIO driver V2

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Message-Id: <201205161209.03985.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 12:09:03 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rjw@...k.pl, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, horms@...ge.net.au,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca, olof@...om.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: Emma Mobile GPIO driver V2

On Wednesday 16 May 2012, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > irq_domain_add_legacy() exists for existing static ranges, which there is
> > really no reason to be adding in new board/platform support. You don't
> > have to worry about virq overlap since irq_create_mapping() already wraps
> > on top of irq_alloc_desc_xxx() for lookup.
> 
> So I intentionally made use of the legacy domain in the non-DT case.
> This because I want to let the SoC code set the static IRQ ranges via
> platform data.

I think it's generally better to use just one code path for both cases,
if you need both DT and non-DT support, which means you would always
use irq_domain_add_legacy. Once you have the final patch to convert it
to DT, you can remove the legacy domain and just convert it to linear.

	Arnd
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