linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] irqchip: MIPS P800 variant of aclint-sswi

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:20:21 +0800
From: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@...il.com>
To: Vladimir Kondratiev <Vladimir.Kondratiev@...ileye.com>, 
	Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@...il.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, 
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, 
	Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>, 
	Chen Wang <unicorn_wang@...look.com>, Sunil V L <sunilvl@...tanamicro.com>, 
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>, Ryo Takakura <takakura@...inux.co.jp>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>, "sophgo@...ts.linux.dev" <sophgo@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] irqchip: MIPS P800 variant of aclint-sswi

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:
> >I think all should be removed and it is OK to use old >THEAD_C900_ACLINT_SSWI
> >as driver config. At least for now, I see no similar case about using defined.
> >Maybe the subsystem maintainer can give some more meaningful advice.
> 
> OK, I see. Then, in the Kconfig for THEAD_C900_ACLINT_SSWI say it
> selects both THEAD and MIPS variants? I am a bit not comfortable
> keeping THEAD specific option for non-THEAD stuff. Here it is indeed
> good to see what subsystem maintainer will say. If I remove logic added to
> the Kconfig, maybe I need to rename a single config option to just
> ACLINT_SSWI and list supported variants in help text? If going this way, your
> input is important.
> 

IIRC, I was asked to use vendor specific prefix for a vendor driver. I
am not sure how it can be changed when another vendor comes, so let's
wait and see whether there is some advice to improve this.

Regards,
Inochi