HI Tim,
is this ok for this time
Best Regards,
J.
On 07:07 Tue 22 Oct , Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> HI,
>
> == Description ==
> Fix IRQ Domain DT support issues and gpio IRQ
>
> Today the kernel have multiple issues arround the IRQ
>
> * IRQ Domain platfrom driver support
>
> Today if you register an irq domain via a platform driver and then use the irq
> in DT such as this
>
> eth0: ethernet at 30000000 {
> compatible = "micrel,ks8851-mll";
> reg = <0x30000000 0x1
> 0x30000002 0xff>;
> interrupt-parent = <&pioD>;
> interrupts = <21 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH>;
> pinctrl-names = "default";
> pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_board_eth0>;
> status = "okay";
> };
>
> the irq in the platform resource will not be fill as the resolve is done at
> of_platform_populate
> To fix this we need to resolve the irq at driver probe time.
>
> * Multiple interrupt-parent support
>
> Today if you need the irq from 2 interrupt controler it's impossible.
> Such as a hw irq and a GPIO irq both provided via dt
>
> To fix this implement a new property "interrupt-lines"
>
> that will work in a same way as gpios by providing firt the phandle of the
> controller
> and then the cell data
>
> interrupt-lines = <&aic 0 4 0 & pioD 21 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH>;
>
> * gpio irq DT
>
> Today you need to use a gpio as IRQ you need to configure it and then use it
> As a in the kernel we make the disctinction between standard IRQ and gpio IRQ.
> This should have never been the case and need to be fix up widely.
> By droping all the gpio_to_irq in the drivers and ONLY provide interrupts
>
> == Related work ==
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree/36679
>
>
> == Scope ==
>
> I think this will take about 3 to 5 month depending on the discussion on the
> kernel mainling list with an effort of about 240 to 300 hours.
>
> == Contractor Candidates ==
>
> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> == Comments ==
>
> By Linus Walleij
>
> Actually I have that problem today. An MMC card slot
> with two IRQs for the traffic and another totally different
> IRQ for the card insertion IRQ, sitting on a different controller,
> and this one is not even a GPIO, so I cannot cheat and have
> it as a GPIO that I then translate into an IRQ.
>
> Overall Jean-Christophe's proposal is correctly pinpointing
> some serious unhandled corner cases we have in DT land.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> J.
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