Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:32:31 +0000 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND 2/8] irqchip: Supply new driver for STi based devices |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2015, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2015, Lee Jones wrote: > > > This driver is used to enable System Configuration Register controlled > > External, CTI (Core Sight), PMU (Performance Management), and PL310 L2 > > Cache IRQs prior to use. > > I'm wondering how this is related to irq_chip,
It doesn't really. At least, it doesn't make use of the framework. It was the most relevant subsystem.
> but well, I don't mind it being parked here.
Thanks Thomas. I was hoping for that response.
> Though I really cannot say anything about this DT translation > machinery for a single sysconfig register, other than it looks > completely overengineered to me.
I understnad where you're coming from, but don't all drivers just 'twiddle some register bits'?
> The only technical comment I have is: shouldn't all the stuff except > the resume function be marked __init or is any of this required post > init?
It's not common to mark functions invoked at and affter *_probe() as __init. At least, not as far as I'm aware.
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