Re: [PATCH 01/10] irqchip: irq-mips-gic: export gic_send_ipi

[Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@imgtec.com>]

On 08/28/2015 03:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>>      To configure your coprocessor proper, we need a translation
>>>      mechanism from the linux interrupt number to the magic value which
>>>      needs to be written into the trigger register when the coprocessor
>>>      wants to send an interrupt or an IPI.
>>>
>>>      int irq_get_irq_hwcfg(unsigned int irq, struct irq_hwcfg *cfg);
>>>
>>>      struct irq_hwcfg needs to be defined, but it might look like this:
>>>
>>>        {
>>> 	/* Generic fields */
>>> 	x;
>>> 	...
>>> 	union {
>>> 	      mips_gic;
>>> 	      ...
>>> 	};
>>>        };
> That function provides you the information which you have to hand over
> to your coprocessor firmware.
>
>

Of course!

* me slapping myself on the back *

Thanks,
Qais