linux-kernel - Re: [patch v1 2/5] regulator: da9055 change irq state to default

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Message-ID: <1358757312.11746.11.camel@dhruva>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:05:12 +0530
From:	Ashish Jangam <ashish.jangam@...tcummins.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Dajun Chen <dchen@...semi.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v1 2/5] regulator: da9055 change irq state to default

> -----Original Message-----
> > > > This patch changes the irq state from high to the now default low
> > > > state.
> 
> > > > This patch is dependent on the DA9055 MFD.
> 
> > > Why is this change required and why is there a dependency here?
> 
> > It has been decided to have nIRQ therefore the main mfd IRQ state needs
> 
> Won't this break all existing systems?
Since all of the existing users are using nIRQ therefore it was decided
to have the default state as nIRQ.
> 
> > to be changed. And since mfd children follows mfd irq state therefore
> > the dependency; though in case of mfd this may not affect.  
> 
> What makes you say that there is a dependency here?  It's really not at
> all obvious why a change to the primary IRQ signalling mechanism would
> affect the internal interrupts of the device.
Yes, functionally this dependency should not matter.However, if
mfd/primary irq state is low and its components are high then it shall
not look good. Therefore the term dependency was used, probably I should
have written it in a different manner.


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