linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] irqchip: RISC-V per-HART local interrupt controller driver

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Date:   Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:41:00 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
Cc:     Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] irqchip: RISC-V per-HART local interrupt
 controller driver

On 2020-06-01 05:09, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 4:23 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On 2020-05-31 11:06, Anup Patel wrote:

[...]

> Also, the PLIC spec is now owned by RISC-V foundation (not SiFive) so
> we will have to rename the driver to "irq-riscv-plic" and will have a 
> new
> generic compatible string "riscv,plic-1.0.0". One of us (me or Palmer) 
> will
> send separate patches for this renaming. I hope you will be fine with 
> this??
> (Refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec)

Do we really need the churn of a renaming? A new compatible, and maybe
a new config option should be enough, no? What does the renaming give 
us?

Thanks,

         M.
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