Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:22:25 +0000 | From | Marc Zyngier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] irqchip/stm32-exti: add STM32MP13 support |
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Hi Alexandre,
On Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:58:46 +0000, Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com> wrote: > > > Why does the driver need to carry these tables? This sort of > > information should really come from DT, instead of being hardcoded in > > the driver and bloating it for no reason. This all has a funny taste > > of the board files we used to have pre-DT. > > > > There are absolutely no reason to have it in driver. Honestly It has > been done in this way to have minimal changes adding this new SoC > support (and it's not smart, I agree). > > I think it is better to abandon this series. I will create a new one > which moves mapping table for MP15 and adds MP13 support to.
I'm afraid you'll have to keep the in-kernel table for MP15, since the driver needs to work with old DTs. For new SoCs (such as MP13), moving the table into DT would be good.
Thanks,
M.
-- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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