mpc5200 arch=powerpc kernel=2.6.24: how do I request external IRQ0-3?

[mtwallet]

I got something working. I created a "device" child in the DTS file and used
th platform driver subsystem to register my module and get the virtual IRQ
as derived from the interrupt triplet-style spec in the dts file.

I'm still not real content as my child is nested with the SOC peripherals,
but this is more of a style/readability hang-up for me, for now. At least
now I can get the virtual irq by registering a platform driver, requesting
the irq number, and successfully requesting the irq.

I welcome any advice if I have used the dts file in an unintended fashion,
but it feels like the right place to specify a "device", even if all the
device embodies is an IRQ. Newbie conceptual difficulty overcome.



mtwallet wrote:
> 
> I am confused on a very simple subject: requesting an external IRQ from
> a custom driver I'm writing  for a lite5200b-based board running kernel
> 2.6.24, arch=powerpc. 
> 
>  
> 
> With the old arch=ppc I saw reference to MPC52xx_IRQ3 and such. I don't
> see reference to specific IRQs under the powerpc arch. I am starting to
> better understand the dts scheme for peripheral interrupts, but I am
> hung-up on the seemingly simple task of requesting an external IRQ and
> registering a callback from my driver:
> 
>  
> 
> request_irq(  virtual_irq_number_for_IRQ3_that_I_don't_know_right_now,
> &my_callback, flags, name, dev)
> 
>  
> 
> For this to work do I need to create a child node in the dts that
> specifies interrupts = <1 3 2> for IRQ3?  Must the IRQ I'm requesting be
> associated with the dev argument to request_irq via the dts?
> 
>  
> 
> I just think I'm missing something very obvious as regards using
> IRQ[0-3] on the mpc52xx. The DTS makes sens to me for peripheral
> interrupts getting associated with their respective peripherals, but
> when I want any old driver to use IRQ0-3 How do I request it?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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