83xx GPIO/EXT int in arch/powerpc/

[Segher Boessenkool]

>> pci1: pci at 8000 {
>> 	...
>> 	my_pci_device at 0 {
>> 		...
>> 		interrupts = <irq#, sense>;
>> 		interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
>> 	}
>> }
>
> So I don't have to define the GPIO pins in pio-map in "vi) Pin
> configuration nodes" and already set in the U-Boot bootloader?

No, something in the firmware (or bootwrapper, bootloader)
obviously has to set up the GPIO as an external interrupt
source.

> I already tried hardcoding the EXT7 pin as assigned in the ppc arch
> (int 23); this would mean that, in the powerpc arch, the assignments of
> interrupts is different wrt to ppc?

I would hope the kernel isn't messing around with this
at all, and leave such low-level hardware configuration
to the firmware!


Segher