Re: [PATCH 00/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Geert,

On Thursday 17 September 2015 10:31:59 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 04:12:30PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> >> irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update
> >> 
> >> [PATCH 01/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Add r8a7795 IRQC DT documentation
> >> [PATCH 02/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Move over to generic chip
> >> [PATCH 03/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Enable nested lock
> >> 
> >> This series updates the IRQC driver with generic chip support including
> >> nested locking. Also the DT documentation is extended with r8a7795
> >> support.
> > 
> > Its not entirely clear what the relationship is between these patches
> > nor what the motivation is for the last two patches.
> 
> Patch 2 is a cleanup/consolidation.

In just a few lines, and just for my information, what does generic IRQ chip 
offers compared to the current implementatoin ?

> Note that patch 2 will no longer apply, as linux-next now has
>   - b92f865703e22b42 irqchip: renesas-irqc: Use a separate lockdep class
>   - 72e56742f6baff5d irqchip: renesas-irqc: Propagate wake-up settings to
> parent
> 
> Patch 3 is the irq_chip_generic way of b92f865703e22b42.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart