Re: [PATCH] of/irq: Drop obsolete 'interrupts' vs 'interrupts-extended' text

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Nov 03 2014 - 13:06:48 EST


On 11/03/2014 02:15 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 11:35:31PM +0000, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> a9ecdc0fdc54 ("of/irq: Fix lookup to use 'interrupts-extended' property
>> first") updated the description to say that:
>>
>> - Both 'interrupts' and 'interrupts-extended' may be present
>> - Software should prefer 'interrupts-extended'
>> - Software that doesn't comprehend 'interrupts-extended' may use
>> 'interrupts'
>>
>> But there is still a paragraph at the end that prohibits having both and
>> says 'interrupts' should be preferred.
>>
>> Remove the contradictory text.
>>
>> Fixes: a9ecdc0fdc54 ("of/irq: Fix lookup to use 'interrupts-extended' property first")
>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.13+
>> ---
>> .../bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt | 4 ----
>> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
>> index ce6a1a072028..8a3c40829899 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt
>> @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ should only be used when a device has multiple interrupt parents.
>> Example:
>> interrupts-extended = <&intc1 5 1>, <&intc2 1 0>;
>>
>> -A device node may contain either "interrupts" or "interrupts-extended", but not
>> -both. If both properties are present, then the operating system should log an
>> -error and use only the data in "interrupts".
>
> Why not update the binding to explain that interrupts-extended is
> typically preferred?

Does not the following:

"Nodes that describe devices which generate interrupts must contain an
"interrupts" property, an "interrupts-extended" property, or both. If
both are
present, the latter should take precedence; the former may be provided
simply
for compatibility with software that does not recognize the latter."

already makes it clear that 'interrupts-extended' is the preferred way
to represent interrupts?
--
Florian
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