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

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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2012 00:47:17 +0900
From:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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 Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> 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.

Sure, I don't mind that at all - it will make the DT bits even easier.

Thanks,

/ magnus
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