[PATCH v6] irq: add irq_domain support to generic-chip

[grant.likely@secretlab.ca (Grant Likely)]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:53:33 +0530, Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> On 9 February 2012 04:25, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
> >
> > Add irq domain support to irq generic-chip. This enables users of
> > generic-chip to support dynamic irq assignment needed for DT interrupt
> > binding.
> >
> > Thanks to Shawn Guo for fixes and testing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
> > Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > ---
> > Here's the latest version. This has fixes from Shawn Guo, so should be
> > working. This version is also available here:
> >
> > git://sources.calxeda.com/kernel/linux.git pl061-domain-v6.
> >
> > ??include/linux/irq.h ?? ?? ?? | ?? 15 +++++
> > ??kernel/irq/generic-chip.c | ??152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > ??2 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> [...]
> 
> > diff --git a/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c b/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
> > index c89295a..3ac7fa1 100644
> > --- a/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
> > +++ b/kernel/irq/generic-chip.c
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +static const struct irq_domain_ops irq_gc_irq_domain_ops = {
> > + ?? ?? ?? .map = irq_gc_irq_domain_map,
> > + ?? ?? ?? .xlate = irq_domain_xlate_onetwocell,
> > +};
> 
> Is there anyway to use a custom xlate function instead of the fixed
> 'irq_domain_xlate_onetwocell' xlate function. I am using this patchset
> with Exynos4 interrupt combiner controller whose interrupt specifier
> format is two cell but has different meaning. The first cell is the
> interrupt combiner number and the second cell is the interrupt number
> within that combiner.

I think it would be good to rework the API so that irq_domain +
generic_chip works like a library and setup helper function that
allows a driver to provide custom implementations for things like
xlate before the irqdomain and generic chips get registered.

g.