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From: Guillaume Knispel <gknispel@proformatique.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: "Guillaume Knispel" <gknispel@proformatique.com>,
	"Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
	"Len Brown" <lenb@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
	"Xavier Carcelle" <xcarcelle@avencall.com>,
	"Noé Rubinstein" <nrubinstein@avencall.com>
Subject: Re: How to "register" a GSI for a non PCI non ISA device
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:30:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120126183041.15474705@xilun> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAErSpo5vCr4Y3Q6U1=yYLcSBH-85koMKDte4rzw4tyuKocYXYA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:24:31 -0700
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> wrote:

> A driver should never need to use acpi_register_gsi() directly.  It
> sounds like you have a non-PCI device that would be described as an
> ACPI device in the DSDT.  In the Device definition, you include a _CRS
> method that tells the kernel what GSI it is using.  The PNPACPI
> subsystem will parse _CRS and should do the acpi_register_gsi() for
> you.  Then your driver would use pnp_register_driver() and pnp_irq()
> to learn the IRQ.  drivers/tty/serial/8250_pnp.c is an example.

Thanks a lot, I'll look into it.

-- 
Guillaume Knispel
Avencall - 10 bis, rue Lucien Voilin - 92800 Puteaux

      reply	other threads:[~2012-01-26 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-24 17:42 How to "register" a GSI for a non PCI non ISA device Guillaume Knispel
2012-01-25  5:56 ` Len Brown
2012-01-25 17:23   ` Guillaume Knispel
2012-01-25 19:02     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-01-26 15:07       ` Guillaume Knispel
2012-01-26 15:32         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-01-26 16:22           ` Guillaume Knispel
2012-01-26 17:24             ` Bjorn Helgaas
2012-01-26 17:30               ` Guillaume Knispel [this message]

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