RE: [PATCH net v3 2/2] dt-bindings: net: updated interrupt type to be active low, level triggered

[Selvamani Rajagopal]

> Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 2/2] dt-bindings: net: updated interrupt type to be active low,
> level triggered
> 
> 
> > I agree. When we change to level triggered interrupt, current mechanism won't work as
> > we are not disabling the interrupt when we handle them.
> 
> I'm kind of surprised about that. If you only provide a thread context
> handler, but not a interrupt context handler, i would of expected the
> IRQ core to leave the interrupt disabled until the threaded handler
> exited. But maybe it is historic behaviour.


You are right. I was just highlighting the need for moving to 
threaded IRQ when we move to level triggered interrupt.

As you know, the current code doesn't have threaded IRQ.
It has ISR waking up a thread that handles the interrupt
 
> Andrew