Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: ti/omap: omap4-serial: fix interrupts syntax

[Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>]

Am Tue, 7 Jan 2025 14:15:14 +0200
schrieb Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org>:

> On 04/01/2025 20:20, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> > Am Sat, 4 Jan 2025 19:45:35 +0200
> > schrieb Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org>:
> >   
> >> Hi Andreas,
> >>
> >> On 30/12/2024 21:55, Andreas Kemnade wrote:  
> >>> Usually interrupts are overwritten in the board file to specify a
> >>> mux-dependent dedicated wakeup irq, so there is interrupts and
> >>> interrupts-extended property which is not allowed. That has generated a
> >>> lot of noise during dts changes if just a phandle involved has randomly
> >>> changed.
> >>>
> >>> Avoid that mess by specifying interrupts-extended in the dtsi file.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>
> >>> Reported-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> >>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-omap/173558214240.2262575.18233884215338168789.robh@kernel.org/
> >>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-omap/172784021601.525825.18405282128990798038.robh@kernel.org/
> >>> ---
> >>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/omap4-l4.dtsi | 8 ++++----
> >>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/omap4-l4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/omap4-l4.dtsi
> >>> index 3fcef3080eae..150dd84c9e0f 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/omap4-l4.dtsi
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/omap4-l4.dtsi
> >>> @@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ SYSC_OMAP2_SOFTRESET |
> >>>  			uart3: serial@0 {
> >>>  				compatible = "ti,omap4-uart";
> >>>  				reg = <0x0 0x100>;
> >>> -				interrupts = <GIC_SPI 74 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> >>> +				interrupts-extended = <&wakeupgen GIC_SPI 74 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;    
> >>
> >> At this point interrupts-extended is not applicable.
> >>  
> > we have it this way also in omap3. I do not understand what is the
> > problem with it. Do you have a pointer where it is forbidden?
> > At least
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
> > says nothing againt using it in such cases.  
> 
> Pasting the quoted text here for reference.
> 
> "The "interrupts-extended" property is a special form; useful when a node needs
> to reference multiple interrupt parents or a different interrupt parent than
> the inherited one."
> 
> I understood both were false so said that it is not applicable here.
> 
Ah, ok, I understood it a bit different: It is useful for that use
case (multiple interrupts with different parents). But nothing says that
it should be used *only* in that case.

Regards,
Anderas