linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 13/14] dt-bindings: arm-gic: Add documentation for Tegra210 AGIC

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdX+egbNPP4QQ2R28GbyVkg9qBrwYfUy8EE0PdB6od+LBg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 7 May 2016 16:10:54 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
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	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 13/14] dt-bindings: arm-gic: Add documentation for
 Tegra210 AGIC

Hi Jon,

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com> wrote:
>> The "nvidia,tegra210-agic" string can be taken as describing any
>> Tegra-210 specific integration quirks, though I agree that's also not
>> fantastic for extending PM support beyond Tegra 210 and variants
>> thereof.
>>
>> So maybe the best approach is bailing out in the presence of clocks
>> and/or power domains after all, on the assumption that nothing today has
>> those properties, though I fear we may have problems with that later
>> down the line if/when people describe those for the root GIC to describe
>> those must be hogged, even if not explicitly managed.
>
> On further testing, by bailing out in the presence of clocks and/or
> power-domains, the problem I now see is that although the primary gic-400
> has been registered, we still try to probe it again later as it matches
> the platform driver. One way to avoid this would be ...
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/irq.c b/drivers/of/irq.c
> index e7bfc175b8e1..631da7ad0dbf 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/irq.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/irq.c
> @@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ void __init of_irq_init(const struct of_device_id *matches)
>                          * its children can get processed in a subsequent pass.
>                          */
>                         list_add_tail(&desc->list, &intc_parent_list);
> +
> +                       of_node_set_flag(desc->dev, OF_POPULATED);
>                 }

That sounds like the right thing to do to me...

> If this is not appropriate then I guess I will just need to use
> "tegra210-agic" for the compatibility flag.

As I want this for plain gic-400, I'd be unhappy ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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