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Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:50:57 +0100
From:   Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>
To:     Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@...rochip.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>, <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        <andrew@...n.ch>, <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <olteanv@...il.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] net: dsa: microchip: remove IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING in request_threaded_irq

Hi Paolo,

On Thursday, 15 December 2022, 12:29:22 CET, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 15:44 +0530, Arun Ramadoss wrote:
> > KSZ swithes used interrupts for detecting the phy link up and down.
> > During registering the interrupt handler, it used IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING
> > flag. But this flag has to be retrieved from device tree instead of hard
> > coding in the driver, 
> 
> Out of sheer ignorance, why?

As far as I know, some IRQF_ flags should be set through the firmware
(e.g. device tree) instead hard coding them into the driver. On my
platform, I have to use IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW instead of IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING.
If the value is hard coded into the driver, the value from the driver
will have precedence.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40051191

> > so removing the flag.
> 
> It looks like the device tree currently lack such item, so this is
> effecivelly breaking phy linkup/linkdown?
What is "the" device tree. Do you mean the device tree for your specific
board, or the example under 
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml?
The latter doesn't mention the irq at all.

BTW: In my kernel log I get the following messages:

> ksz9477-switch 0-005f: configuring for fixed/rmii link mode
> ksz9477-switch 0-005f lan0 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:00] driver [Microchip KSZ9477] (irq=POLL)
> ksz9477-switch 0-005f: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off
> ksz9477-switch 0-005f lan1 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:01] driver [Microchip KSZ9477] (irq=POLL)

Should I see something different than "irq=POLL" when an
irq line is provided in the device tree?

regards
Christian