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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] irqchip: add support for Sigma Designs SMP86xx interrupt controller
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Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr> writes:

> On 25/11/2015 13:12, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>> Mason writes:
>>
>>>> + status_lo = intc_readl(chip, chip->ctl + IRQ_STATUS);
>>>> + status_hi = intc_readl(chip, chip->ctl + IRQ_CTL_HI + IRQ_STATUS);
>>>
>>> In my local branch, I wrote:
>>>
>>> #define IRQ_CTL_LO 0
>>>
>>> status_lo = intc_readl(chip, chip->ctl + IRQ_CTL_LO + IRQ_STATUS);
>>> status_hi = intc_readl(chip, chip->ctl + IRQ_CTL_HI + IRQ_STATUS);
>>>
>>> (I'm a sucker for symmetry)
>>
>> Nothing wrong with a little symmetry, though in this case I think the
>> extra macro only confuses matters.
>
> It's your call :-)
>
> In my mind, the fact that the status_lo register sits at offset 0 is
> just an accident. It's just that something has to sit at offset 0.
> (Maybe I should tell the HW guys to put nothing at offset 0, and start
> the actual register block at offset 4. /That/ would be unexpected.)
>
> Another way to look at it is:
>
> There are two 4-register blocks (LO and HI) each containing registers
> {status,rawstat,enableset,enableclr}.
>
> Block LO starts at offset 0x0
> Block HI starts at offset 0x18
>
> and then there are the intra offsets for the 4 registers in the block.

When I wrote it, I was thinking of IRQ_CTL_HI as the offset to add to a
low register to get the corresponding high one. I think that's what you
said there.

--
Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com


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