linux-kernel - Re: Emulating level IRQs

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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:36:15 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
Cc:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Sven Neumann <s.neumann@...mfeld.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: Emulating level IRQs

On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 09:45:13AM +0800, Eric Miao wrote:

> So my understanding, if it's correct, that we can treat the EETI chip as having
> two separate inputs: one IRQ line (for the event notification) and one GPIO line
> (for a condition where data are emptied), we could naturally have two numbers
> in the driver, but unfortunately they end up being in sync as they are
> physically
> one pin.

...unless the interrupt controller supports level IRQs at which point we
don't need the GPIO, of course :/ .
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