Re: [PATCH] wlcore/wl18xx: Add invert-irq OF property for physically inverted IRQ

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

CC irqchip

Original thread at
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190607172958.20745-1-erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [190610 07:01]:
> > Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > The wl1837mod datasheet [1] says about the WL_IRQ pin:
> > >
> > >  ---8<---
> > > SDIO available, interrupt out. Active high. [..]
> > > Set to rising edge (active high) on powerup.
> > >  ---8<---
> > >
> > > That's the reason of seeing the interrupt configured as:
> > >  - IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING on HiKey 960/970
> > >  - IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH on a number of i.MX6 platforms
> > >
> > > We assert that all those platforms have the WL_IRQ pin connected
> > > to the SoC _directly_ (confirmed on HiKey 970 [2]).
> > >
> > > That's not the case for R-Car Kingfisher extension target, which carries
> > > a WL1837MODGIMOCT IC. There is an SN74LV1T04DBVR inverter present
> > > between the WLAN_IRQ pin of the WL18* chip and the SoC, effectively
> > > reversing the requirement quoted from [1]. IOW, in Kingfisher DTS
> > > configuration we would need to use IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING or
> > > IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, v4.2-rc1 commit bd763482c82ea2 ("wl18xx: wlan_irq:
> > > support platform dependent interrupt types") made a special case out
> > > of these interrupt types. After this commit, it is impossible to provide
> > > an IRQ configuration via DTS which would describe an inverter present
> > > between the WL18* chip and the SoC, generating the need for workarounds
> > > like [3].
> > >
> > > Create a boolean OF property, called "invert-irq" to specify that
> > > the WLAN_IRQ pin of WL18* is connected to the SoC via an inverter.
> > >
> > > This solution has been successfully tested on R-Car H3ULCB-KF-M06 using
> > > the DTS configuration [4] combined with the "invert-irq" property.
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/wl1837mod.pdf
> > > [2] https://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/hikey/hikey970/hardware-docs/
> > > [3] https://github.com/CogentEmbedded/meta-rcar/blob/289fbd4f8354/meta-rcar-gen3-adas/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas/0024-wl18xx-do-not-invert-IRQ-on-WLxxxx-side.patch
> > > [4] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10895879/
> > >     ("arm64: dts: ulcb-kf: Add support for TI WL1837")
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Tony&Eyal, do you agree with this?
>
> Yeah if there's some hardware between the WLAN device and the SoC
> inverting the interrupt, I don't think we have clear a way to deal
> with it short of setting up a separate irqchip that does the
> translation.

Yeah, inverting the interrupt type in DT works only for simple devices,
that don't need configuration.
A simple irqchip driver that just inverts the type sounds like a good
solution to me. Does something like that already exists?

> But in some cases we also do not want to invert the interrupt, so
> I think this property should take IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING and
> IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING values to override the setting for
> the WLAN end of the hardware?
>
> Let's wait a bit longer for comments from Eyal too.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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