[PATCH v7 2/4] MIPS: Octeon: Setup irq_domains for interrupts.

[David Daney]

On 03/27/2012 03:05 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 03/27/2012 01:24 PM, David Daney wrote:
>> On 03/26/2012 06:56 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On 03/26/2012 02:31 PM, David Daney wrote:
>>>> From: David Daney<david.daney at cavium.com>
>> [...]
>>>> +static bool octeon_irq_ciu_is_edge(unsigned int line, unsigned int bit)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    bool edge = false;
>>>> +
>>>> +    if (line == 0)
>>>> +        switch (bit) {
>>>> +        case 48 ... 49: /* GMX DRP */
>>>> +        case 50: /* IPD_DRP */
>>>> +        case 52 ... 55: /* Timers */
>>>> +        case 58: /* MPI */
>>>> +            edge = true;
>>>> +            break;
>>>> +        default:
>>>> +            break;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +    else /* line == 1 */
>>>> +        switch (bit) {
>>>> +        case 47: /* PTP */
>>>> +            edge = true;
>>>> +            break;
>>>> +        default:
>>>> +            break;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +    return edge;
>>>
>>> Moving in the right direction, but I still don't get why this is not in
>>> the CIU binding as a 3rd cell?
>>
>> There are a several reasons, in no particular order they are:
>>
>> o There is no 3rd cell.  The bindings were discussed with Grant here:
>>    http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2011-05/msg00355.html
>>
>
> Then add one.

I can't.  The dtb is already programmed into the bootloader ROMs, 
changing the kernel code will not change that.  It is fait accompli.

>
>> o The edge/level thing cannot be changed, and the irq lines don't leave
>> the SOC, so hard coding it is possible.
>
> Right, but DT describes h/w connections and this is an aspect of the
> connection. This may be fixed for the SOC, but it's not fixed for the
> CIU (i.e. could change in future chips), right?

In theory yes.  However:

1) The chip designers will not change it.

2) There will likely be no more designs with either CIU or CIU2, so we 
know what all the different possibilities are today.

When CIU3 is deployed, we will use the lessons we have learned to do 
things the Right Way.

>
> There's 2 reasons why you would not put this into DTS:
>
> - All irq lines' trigger type are the same, fixed and known.
> - You can read a register to tell you the trigger type.
>
> Even if it's not going to change ever, it's still worth putting into the
> DTS as it is well suited for holding that data and it is just data.

Agreed that it could be in the DTS, and retrospect it probably should 
have been put in the DTS, but it wasn't.  So I think what we have now is 
a workable solution, and has the added attraction of working with 
already deployed boards.

David Daney