linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 2/9] genirq: Look-up trigger type if not specified by caller

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Message-ID: <20160604104117.7d22bdb2@arm.com>
Date:	Sat, 4 Jun 2016 10:41:17 +0100
From:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"Pawel Moll" <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....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>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	<linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/9] genirq: Look-up trigger type if not specified by
 caller

On Thu, 12 May 2016 16:19:25 +0100
Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com> wrote:

> For some devices the IRQ trigger type for a device is read from
> firmware, such as device-tree. The IRQ trigger type is typically read
> when the mapping for IRQ is created, which is before the IRQ is
> requested. Hence, the IRQ trigger type is programmed when mapping the
> IRQ and not when requesting the IRQ.
> 
> Although this works for most cases, in order to support IRQ chips which
> require runtime power management, which may not be accessible prior
> to requesting the IRQ, it is desirable to look-up the IRQ trigger type
> when it is requested. Therefore, if the IRQ trigger type is not
> specified when __setup_irq() is called, look-up the saved IRQ trigger
> type. This will allow us to defer the programming of the trigger type
> from when the IRQ is mapped to when it is actually requested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

	M.
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