linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: ltc3589: make IRQ optional

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Message-ID: <20160120164258.GF6588@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:42:58 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
Cc:	Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: ltc3589: make IRQ optional

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 01:29:51PM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:

> This pin is used as IRQ pin for the LTC3589 PMIC on the Ka-Ro
> electronics TX48 module. Make the IRQ optional in the driver and use a
> polling routine instead if no IRQ is specified in DT.
> Otherwise the driver will continuously generate interrupts and make
> the system unusable.

How will the driver generate interrupts if there is no interrupt
physically present in the system?

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