linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Irq/mbigen:Change the mbigen node definition in dt binding file

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Message-ID: <56E7BB53.3060705@huawei.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:35:47 +0800
From:	"majun (F)" <majun258@...wei.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	<Catalin.Marinas@....com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	<mark.rutland@....com>, <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	<jason@...edaemon.net>, <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	<huxinwei@...wei.com>, <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
	<liguozhu@...ilicon.com>, <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
	<zhaojunhua@...ilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Irq/mbigen:Change the mbigen node definition in dt
 binding file

Hi Thomas:
	Thanks for pointing out the problems.
I'll make detail description about this problem and resend this patch set.


在 2016/3/14 15:49, Thomas Gleixner 写道:
> Majun,
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, MaJun wrote:
> 
> First of all the prefix for irq chip drivers is not "Irq/".
> 
> Hint: git log drivers/irqchip 
> 
>> From: Ma Jun <majun258@...wei.com>
>>
>> For mbigen module, there is a special case that more than one mbigen
>> device nodes use the same reg definition in DTS when these devices
>> exist in the same mbigen hardware module.
> 
> There is a special case, so what?
>  

In current driver, the registers would be remapped repeatedly
and caused error when use the function "devm_ioremap_resource".

That's the problem I tried to fix.

>> To fix the mbigen IO remap problem, the mbigen node definition and
> 
> Which problem?
> 
>> structure are changed based on Mark Rutland's suggestion.
> 
> That's really uselss. Nobody has any idea what Mark suggested and in which way
> it fixes that unspecified problem you are talking about.
> 

Actually, I discussed this problem with Mark in v1.
He raised some questions and suggestions
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-February/403691.html

Thanks!
MaJun

> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 
> .
>