> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Warren [mailto:swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:53 PM > To: J, KEERTHY > Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; > ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx; sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx; > swarren@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] MFD: Palmas: Check if interrupts property > exists and then only request irq > > On 06/18/2013 11:19 AM, J, KEERTHY wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Stephen Warren [mailto:swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:38 PM > >> To: J, KEERTHY > >> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; > >> ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx; sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >> grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx; swarren@xxxxxxxxxx; > >> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >> gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] MFD: Palmas: Check if interrupts > property > >> exists and then only request irq > >> > >> On 06/18/2013 10:54 AM, J, KEERTHY wrote: > >>> Hi Stephen, > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Stephen Warren [mailto:swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:22 PM > >>>> To: J, KEERTHY > >>>> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; > >>>> ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx; sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >>>> grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx; swarren@xxxxxxxxxx; > >>>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >>>> gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] MFD: Palmas: Check if interrupts > >> property > >>>> exists and then only request irq > >>>> > >>>> On 06/18/2013 04:01 AM, J Keerthy wrote: > >>>>> Check if interrupts property exists and then only request irq. > >>>>> On some boards INT line might not be connected to a valid irq > line > >>>>> on the application processor. Hence keeping a check before > >>>>> requesting irq. > >>>> > >>>> When there is no interrupts property, surely i2c->irq == 0, which > >>>> is an invalid IRQ, and hence there's no need to check this before > >>>> copying the value? > >>> > >>> The intent here is NOT to request irq with 0 or Invalid IRQ. > >> > >> Sure. > >> > >>> The board File will not populate the interrupts entry if the INT > >>> line is not Connected. > >> > >> Do you mean the interrupts DT property won't be present if there is > >> no interrupt. If so, sure. > > > > Yes. > > > >> > >>> Hence the patch checks for the 'interrupts' property. > >> > >> That shouldn't be necessary; IIRC, the I2C core has already parsed > >> the interrupts property if there was one, and if there wasn't, it > has > >> set > >> i2c->irq to some invalid value already. > >> > >> So, you simply need to check the value in i2c->irq, and don't need > to > >> look at the DT at all. > > > > Instead of checking the Invalid irq value which most likely can be 0. > > I am not sure. > > I am explicitly checking if the interrupts property exists or not. > > > > If not present then It throws out a warning. Either there is no Valid > > INT line connection or the DeviceTree was not populated fully. > > > > This additional piece of information is good to have in the driver > > IMHO. Let me know if this is rational enough to have in the driver. > > No, you should just check the IRQ number. Hmmm...so something like (!i2c->irq) > > Consider this: > > If the device was instantiated from a board file *or* a device tree, > i2c->irq is correctly set. Hence, checking that value works in both > cases. > > If you check the interrupts DT property, that will only work if the > device was instantiated from device tree, and not if it was > instantiated from a board file; the property will never exist in the > board file case, and hence you'll never be able to have a board file > provide an interrupt. The board file approach is getting deprecated for this. I Myself removed board file related pdata stuff in one of the patches. http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg90598.html So going the DeviceTree way. Regards, Keerthy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html