On 2/5/19 5:04 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:35:44 +0000, > Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 04/02/19 20:15, Tony Lindgren wrote: >>> * Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> [190204 14:23]: >>>> From: "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@xxxxxx> >>>> >>>> The Programmable Real-Time Unit Subsystem (PRUSS) contains an >>>> interrupt controller (INTC) that can handle various system input >>>> events and post interrupts back to the device-level initiators. >>>> The INTC can support upto 64 input events with individual control >>>> configuration and hardware prioritization. These events are mapped >>>> onto 10 interrupt signals through two levels of many-to-one mapping >>>> support. Different interrupt signals are routed to the individual >>>> PRU cores or to the host CPU. >>>> >>>> The PRUSS INTC platform driver manages this PRUSS interrupt >>>> controller and implements an irqchip driver to provide a Linux >>>> standard way for the PRU client users to enable/disable/ack/ >>>> re-trigger a PRUSS system event. The system events to interrupt >>>> channels and host interrupts relies on the mapping configuration >>>> provided through a firmware resource table for now. This will be >>>> revisited and enhanced in the future for a better interface. The >>>> mappings will currently be programmed during the boot/shutdown >>>> of the PRU. >>>> >>>> The PRUSS INTC module is reference counted during the interrupt >>>> setup phase through the irqchip's irq_request_resources() and >>>> irq_release_resources() ops. This restricts the module from being >>>> removed as long as there are active interrupt users. >>>> >>>> The PRUSS INTC can generate an interrupt to various processor >>>> subsystems on the SoC through a set of 64 possible PRU system >>>> events. These system events can be used by PRU client drivers >>>> or applications for event notifications/signalling between PRUs >>>> and MPU or other processors. An API, pruss_intc_trigger() is >>>> provided to MPU-side PRU client drivers/applications to be able >>>> to trigger an event/interrupt using IRQ numbers provided by the >>>> PRUSS-INTC irqdomain chip. >>> >>> I suggest you send the binding patch and the interrupt >>> controller driver separately to the irqchip guys. Maybe >>> put the trigger function in to a separate patch that can >>> be reviewed and applied separately. >> >> Good idea. I will send irqchip related patches separately. > > Yes please. But also please document why you have so many non > irq-related entry points in this irqchip driver. It seems to replicate > the same "events vs irq" stuff we're trying to get rid of in the K3 > patches... This is not the same, the whole INTC is a sub-module within the sub-system serving interrupts to both the PRUs and the main host processor. In anycase, we can add more details when we send out the series separately. regards Suman