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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 06/11] irqchip: mips-cpu: Convert to simple domain
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:31:21PM +0800, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>
>
> 于 2020年3月25日 GMT+08:00 下午10:15:16, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> 写到:
> >On 2020-03-25 13:59, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >>>> So probably we can use legacy domain when MIPS IRQ BASE is in the
> >>>> range of legacy IRQ
> >>>> and switch to simple domain when it's not in that range?
> >>>
> >>> No, see below.
> >>>
> >>>> Here in Loongson systems IRQ 0-15 is occupied by I8259 so I did
> >this
> >>>> hack.
> >>>
> >>> Well, if you have to consider which Linux IRQ gets assigned,
> >>> then your platform is definitely not ready for non-legacy
> >>> irqdomains. Just stick to legacy for now until you have removed
> >>> all the code that knows the hwirq mapping.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> So I have to allocate irq_desc here in driver manually?
> >
> >No, you are probably better off just dropping this patch, as MIPS
> >doesn't seem to be ready for a wholesale switch to virtual interrupts.
>
> It can't work without this patch.
>
> Legacy domain require IRQ number within 0-15
> however it's already occupied by i8259 or "HTPIC" driver.

what's the problem here ? AFAIK there could be more than one
legacy domain, at least that's what at least IP22/SNI in MIPS world
are doing.

Thomas.

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