linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:43 +0300
From:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update

Hi Geert,

On Thursday 17 September 2015 10:31:59 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 04:12:30PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> >> irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update
> >> 
> >> [PATCH 01/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Add r8a7795 IRQC DT documentation
> >> [PATCH 02/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Move over to generic chip
> >> [PATCH 03/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Enable nested lock
> >> 
> >> This series updates the IRQC driver with generic chip support including
> >> nested locking. Also the DT documentation is extended with r8a7795
> >> support.
> > 
> > Its not entirely clear what the relationship is between these patches
> > nor what the motivation is for the last two patches.
> 
> Patch 2 is a cleanup/consolidation.

In just a few lines, and just for my information, what does generic IRQ chip 
offers compared to the current implementatoin ?

> Note that patch 2 will no longer apply, as linux-next now has
>   - b92f865703e22b42 irqchip: renesas-irqc: Use a separate lockdep class
>   - 72e56742f6baff5d irqchip: renesas-irqc: Propagate wake-up settings to
> parent
> 
> Patch 3 is the irq_chip_generic way of b92f865703e22b42.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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