linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2] gpio/omap: auto-setup a GPIO when used as an IRQ

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Date:	Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:16:20 +0530
From:	George Cherian <george.cherian@...com>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Lars Poeschel <larsi@....tu-dresden.de>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetbo@...il.com>,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Balaji T K <balajitk@...com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Jon Hunter <jgchunter@...il.com>, <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <r.sricharan@...com>,
	<holler@...oftware.de>, <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>, <joelf@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] gpio/omap: auto-setup a GPIO when used as an IRQ

On 9/27/2013 1:05 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 01:18 AM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 09/24/2013 01:58 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> The OMAP GPIO controller HW requires a pin to be configured in GPIO
>>> input mode in order to operate as an interrupt input. Since drivers
>>> should not be aware of whether an interrupt pin is also a GPIO or not,
>>> the HW should be fully configured/enabled as an IRQ if a driver solely
>>> uses IRQ APIs such as request_irq(), and never calls any GPIO-related
>>> APIs. As such, add the missing HW setup to the OMAP GPIO controller's
>>> irq_chip driver.
>>>
>>> Since this bypasses the GPIO subsystem we have to ensure that another
>>> caller won't be able to request the same GPIO pin that is used as an
>>> IRQ and set its direction as output. Requesting the GPIO and setting
>>> its direction as input is allowed though.
>> FWIW, the concept of this patch,
>> Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
>>
>> I didn't review the code; just skimmed it to see where the new
>> functionality was implemented.
>>
> Thanks Stephen,
>
> I split the changes as suggested by Tony and posted as a patch-set and not an
> RFC anymore:
>
> [PATCH 1/2] gpio/omap: maintain GPIO and IRQ usage separately [1]
> [PATCH 2/2] gpio/omap: auto-setup a GPIO when used as an IRQ [2]
>
> Linus,
>
> Could you please add Stephen Acked-by when taking the patches and also George
> Cherian Tested-by that sent for this RFC. George it would be great if you can
> also comment on which OMAP platform you had tested.

Tested on dra7xx/evm with GPIO interrupt for pcf gpio expander.
Tested-by: George Cherian <george.cherian@...com>
>
> I cc'ed Aaro Koskinen and Paul Walmsley now which seems to have OMAP1 platforms
> to test. Could you please test [1] and [2] on a OMAP1 board? These patches
> solves a long standing issue we have on OMAP2+ when booting with DT and it would
> be great if you can check that it does not cause regressions on OMAP1 based boards.
>
> Thanks a lot and best regards,
> Javier
>
> [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2937351/
> [2]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2937371/
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-George

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