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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl,
	linus.walleij@stericsson.com, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	horms@verge.net.au, grant.likely@secretlab.ca, olof@lixom.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: Emma Mobile GPIO driver V2
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:09:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201205161209.03985.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANqRtoSSEb9jwEmvbhBuyHp-9BfUSRabQzqjrrVGTFDP-AHutQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 16 May 2012, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > irq_domain_add_legacy() exists for existing static ranges, which there is
> > really no reason to be adding in new board/platform support. You don't
> > have to worry about virq overlap since irq_create_mapping() already wraps
> > on top of irq_alloc_desc_xxx() for lookup.
> 
> So I intentionally made use of the legacy domain in the non-DT case.
> This because I want to let the SoC code set the static IRQ ranges via
> platform data.

I think it's generally better to use just one code path for both cases,
if you need both DT and non-DT support, which means you would always
use irq_domain_add_legacy. Once you have the final patch to convert it
to DT, you can remove the legacy domain and just convert it to linear.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-16 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-15 15:43 [PATCH] gpio: Emma Mobile GPIO driver V2 Magnus Damm
2012-05-15 16:32 ` Joe Perches
2012-05-17  6:20   ` Magnus Damm
2012-05-16  7:11 ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-16 10:15   ` Magnus Damm
2012-05-16 11:25     ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-16 20:05       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2012-05-16 22:22         ` Olof Johansson
2012-05-16 22:37           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2012-05-16 22:54             ` Olof Johansson
2012-05-18 22:56               ` Grant Likely
2012-05-19  1:18                 ` Olof Johansson
2012-05-19  1:44                   ` Grant Likely
2012-05-19  2:27                     ` Olof Johansson
2012-05-19 12:06               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2012-05-16  7:29 ` Paul Mundt
2012-05-16 10:09   ` Magnus Damm
2012-05-16 12:09     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-05-16 15:47       ` Magnus Damm
2012-05-17  0:41       ` Paul Mundt
2012-05-18 23:25         ` Grant Likely
2012-05-19  6:46           ` Paul Mundt
2012-05-19 20:05             ` Grant Likely
2012-05-18 22:57   ` Grant Likely
2012-05-19  2:13     ` Paul Mundt

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