Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-arm-kernel [mailto:linux-arm-kernel- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Zyngier > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:05 PM > To: Chanwoo Choi > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; Thomas Gleixner; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/27] irqchip: Declare cortex-a7's irqchip to > initialize gic from dt > > On Thu, Apr 10 2014 at 10:28:24 am BST, Chanwoo Choi > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This patch declare coretex-a7's irqchip to initialze gic from dt > > with "arm,cortex-a7-gic" data. > > > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Chanwoo Choi <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c > > index 4300b66..8e906e4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c > > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c > > @@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct > device_node *parent) > > } > > IRQCHIP_DECLARE(cortex_a15_gic, "arm,cortex-a15-gic", gic_of_init); > > IRQCHIP_DECLARE(cortex_a9_gic, "arm,cortex-a9-gic", gic_of_init); > > +IRQCHIP_DECLARE(cortex_a7_gic, "arm,cortex-a7-gic", gic_of_init); > > IRQCHIP_DECLARE(msm_8660_qgic, "qcom,msm-8660-qgic", gic_of_init); > > IRQCHIP_DECLARE(msm_qgic2, "qcom,msm-qgic2", gic_of_init); > > Frankly, this patch adds no value. Are we going to add > "arm,cortex-a12-gic", "arm,cortex-a17-gic", "arm,cortex-a53-gic", > "arm,cortex-a57-gic"? And that's just to mention the ARM Ltd cores... > > Instead, how about defining a generic "arm,gic" property, and mandate > that new DT files are using that? We can always use a more precise > compatible for quirks.
I prefer it would be arm,gicv2 instead arm-gic. In case of GICv3 of arm64, it can be arm,gicv3. Best Regards, Chanho Park -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
