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From: tglx@linutronix.de (Thomas Gleixner)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFCv2 PATCH 1/8] irqdomain: Introduce irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:28:17 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1507202326450.18576@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436778864-17645-2-git-send-email-Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com>

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:

> Currently, when calling irq_domain_alloc_irqs() on ARM64, it uses
> struct of_phandle_args to pass irq information. However, this is not
> appropriate for ACPI since of_phandle_args is specific to DT.
> 
> Therefore, this patch introduces a new function pointer,
> irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info, which can be used by irqchips to provide
> a way to initialize irqchip-specific data-structure for allocating IRQ.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com>
> ---
> NOTE:
> Similarly, x86 is currently using struct irq_alloc_info
> (see arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h) and each irq_domain has different
> way of initializing this structure.

And why don't you use the same mechanism on ARM and have a private
irq_alloc_info implementation which can carry either DT or ACPI
information?
 
Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-20 21:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-13  9:14 [RFCv2 PATCH 0/8] Introducing ACPI support for GICv2m Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 1/8] irqdomain: Introduce irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-20 21:28   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2015-07-23  6:50     ` Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 2/8] gic: Introduce gic_init_irq_alloc_info() Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 3/8] gicv2m: Convert to use GIC irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 4/8] acpi: gsi: Adding acpi_init_irq_alloc_info() hook Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 5/8] arm64: Adding arch-specific acpi_init_irq_alloc_info Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 6/8] gic: acpi: Introduce GIC MSI frame handle and helper functions Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 7/8] gicv2m: Introducing gicv2m_acpi_init() Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-13  9:14 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 8/8] pci: acpi: Bind GICv2m MSI frame to PCI host bridge Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-07-17 15:46 ` [RFCv2 PATCH 0/8] Introducing ACPI support for GICv2m Marc Zyngier
2015-07-23  6:49   ` Suravee Suthikulpanit

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