Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:46:54 +0100 | From | Marc Zyngier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: gic: add OF based initialization |
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On 14/09/11 17:31, Rob Herring wrote: > From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> > > This adds gic initialization using device tree data. The initialization > functions are intended to be called by a generic OF interrupt > controller parsing function once the right pieces are in place. > > PPIs are handled using 3rd cell of interrupts properties to specify the cpu > mask the PPI is assigned to. > > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> > --- > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm/common/gic.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- > arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h | 10 +++++ > 3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..6c513de > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ > +* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller > + > +ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor > +interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software > +generated interrupts (SGI). > + > +Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs. > +Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not > +have PPIs or SGIs. > + > +Main node required properties: > + > +- compatible : should be one of: > + "arm,cortex-a9-gic" > + "arm,arm11mp-gic" > +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller > +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an > + interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3. > + > + The 1st cell is the interrupt number. 0-15 are reserved for SGIs. 16-31 are > + for PPIs. > + > + The 2nd cell is the level-sense information, encoded as follows: > + 1 = low-to-high edge triggered > + 2 = high-to-low edge triggered > + 4 = active high level-sensitive > + 8 = active low level-sensitive > + > + Only values of 1 and 4 are valid for GIC 1.0 spec. > + > + The 3rd cell contains the mask of the cpu number for the interrupt source. > + The cpu mask is only valid for PPIs and shall be 0 for SPIs. This value shall > + be 0 for PPIs. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Typo here ? The way I understand it, it should read "For PPIs, this value shall be the mask of the possible CPU numbers for the interrupt source" (or something to similar effect...).
M. -- Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...
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