From: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org>
To: Caleb James DeLisle <cjd@cjdns.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
krzk+dt@kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, tglx@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: econet: Add CPU interrupt mapping
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 13:23:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <177817822302.2211615.7080073941717543508.robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430164157.6026-2-cjd@cjdns.fr>
On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:41:56 +0000, Caleb James DeLisle wrote:
> In MIPS VEIC mode (Vectored External Interrupt Controller), the
> hardware stops directly dispatching CPU interrupts such as IPIs or CPU
> performance counters, and instead it communicates them to the external
> interrupt controller (the hardware described here) which prioritizes,
> renumbers, and integrates them with its own hardware interrupt pins.
> Interrupts from the external controller are then dispatched through a
> different method via a dispatch table. In effect, the external
> controller subsumes the CPU controller and becomes the root.
>
> 34K Manual (MD00534) Section 6.3.1.3 rev 1.13 page 136
>
> Since there are interrupts which ought to be controlled by the CPU
> controller driver - particularly the IPI interrupts - we create a
> reverse mapping where those interrupts may be sent back to the CPU
> intc when they are received. This maintains the fiction that there is
> still a hierarchy, and keeps the DT the same no matter whether the
> processor is in VEIC mode or not. The econet,cpu-interrupt-map is
> optional and if omitted, it's assumed that no interrupts need to be
> mapped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Caleb James DeLisle <cjd@cjdns.fr>
> ---
> .../econet,en751221-intc.yaml | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-07 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-30 16:41 [PATCH v3 0/2] irqchip/econet-en751221: Support MIPS 34Kc VEIC mode Caleb James DeLisle
2026-04-30 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: econet: Add CPU interrupt mapping Caleb James DeLisle
2026-05-07 18:23 ` Rob Herring (Arm) [this message]
2026-04-30 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] irqchip/econet-en751221: Support MIPS 34Kc VEIC mode Caleb James DeLisle
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