Re: OMAP: DSS2: Common IRQ handler for all OMAPs

[archit taneja <archit@ti.com>]

Hi,

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>>>>
>>>> Is it okay to have the same irq entry for 2 different hwmods?
>>>> This requirement comes from OMAP3 where dispc and dsi have a common irq
>>>> line, where as on OMAP4 dispc and dsi have separate irq lines.
>>>
>>> Well, no. I explained that in one of my comment about hwmod modification.
>>> The hwmod data are reflecting the exact HW capabilities.
>>> So, if there is a change in the HW, the hwmod will be different.
>>> It is up to the driver to adapt to this change.
>> I guess what Archit wanted to say is, for hw IPs DISPC and DSI, on
>> OMAP3, have a common IRQ line, so could both their hwmod databases
>> have the same IRQ added for them? This would us call, for a common IRQ
>> line shared w/ DISPC and DSI, like
>> mentioned in Tomi's sample code above.
>
> OK, thanks for the clarification, actually I missed a little bit the
> point :-(
>
> So in fact the 2 modules share that same IRQ today, and you just want to
> populate both hwmod with the same input.
> If this is a real OR between the two IRQ lines, meaning the dispc cannot
> mask the dsi IRQ or the opposite, then having the same IRQ number in the
> two different hwmods is a correct representation of the HW.

There is a real OR between the 2 irq lines in OMAP3, as there is no 
DSS_IRQENABLE, but there is a DSS_IRQSTATUS.

You can mask one of DISPC or DSI by zeroing all the bits in 
DISPC_IRQENABLE or DSI_IRQENABLE respectively. But there is no higher 
level register to mask them.

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Regards,
Archit