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

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Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:15:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip
 update

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 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 ?

Common, i.e. less duplicated code.

Thanks,

	tglx
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