Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add Renesas RZ/A1 Interrupt Controller

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Apr 30 2019 - 11:03:15 EST


On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:13 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add DT bindings for the Renesas RZ/A1 Interrupt Controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - Add "renesas,gic-spi-base",
> - Document RZ/A2M.
> ---
> .../renesas,rza1-irqc.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,rza1-irqc.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,rza1-irqc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,rza1-irqc.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000..ea8ddb6955338ccd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,rza1-irqc.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +DT bindings for the Renesas RZ/A1 Interrupt Controller
> +
> +The RZ/A1 Interrupt Controller is a front-end for the GIC found on Renesas
> +RZ/A1 and RZ/A2 SoCs:
> + - IRQ sense select for 8 external interrupts, 1:1-mapped to 8 GIC SPI
> + interrupts,
> + - NMI edge select.
> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible: Must be "renesas,<soctype>-irqc", and "renesas,rza1-irqc" as
> + fallback.
> + Examples with soctypes are:
> + - "renesas,r7s72100-irqc" (RZ/A1H)
> + - "renesas,r7s9210-irqc" (RZ/A2M)
> + - #interrupt-cells: Must be 2 (an interrupt index and flags, as defined
> + in interrupts.txt in this directory)
> + - interrupt-controller: Marks the device as an interrupt controller
> + - reg: Base address and length of the memory resource used by the interrupt
> + controller
> + - renesas,gic-spi-base: Lowest GIC SPI interrupt number this block maps to.

Why isn't this just an 'interrupts' property? Plus, without
'interrupts' walking the hierarchy is broken.

Rob