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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fsl/mpic: Document and use the "big-endian" device-tree flag
On 12/22/2011 08:25 AM, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> The MPIC code checks for a "big-endian" property and sets the flag
> MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN if one is present. Unfortunately, the PowerQUICC-III
> compatible device-tree does not specify it, so all of the board ports
> need to manually set that flag when calling mpic_alloc().
>
> Document the flag and add it to the pq3 device tree. Existing code
> will still need to pass the MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN flag because their dtb may
> not have this property, but new platforms shouldn't need to do so.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com>

Grant, are you merging this patch?
I don't think I should merge the patch to arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi.

> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt | 9 ++++++++-
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
> index 2cf38bd..ebafba2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
> @@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ PROPERTIES
> to the client. The presence of this property also mandates
> that any initialization related to interrupt sources shall
> be limited to sources explicitly referenced in the device tree.
> -
> +
> + - big-endian
> + Usage: optional
> + Value type: <empty>
> + If present the MPIC will be assumed to be big-endian. Some
> + device-trees omit this property on MPIC nodes even when the MPIC is
> + in fact big-endian, so certain boards override this property.
> +
> INTERRUPT SPECIFIER DEFINITION
>
> Interrupt specifiers consists of 4 cells encoded as
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi
> index 5c80460..47f2b67 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-mpic.dtsi
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ mpic: pic@40000 {
> reg = <0x40000 0x40000>;
> compatible = "fsl,mpic";
> device_type = "open-pic";
> + big-endian;
> };
>
> timer@41100 {


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