Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] dt-bindings: soc: fsl: qe: Add support of IRQ in QE GPIO

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Fri Jul 10 2026 - 06:32:24 EST


On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 12:15:17PM +0200, Paul Louvel wrote:
> Some QE GPIO pins have an associated interrupt line in the QE PIC to
> signal state changes on the pin. Add the corresponding
> interrupt-controller / nexus properties to the QE GPIO binding.
>
> Because the GPIO controller does not perform any interrupt handling
> itself, a nexus node (interrupt-map) is used to map each GPIO line
> supporting IRQ to the parent QE PIC interrupt domain.
>
> As the QE PIC can be configured to generate an interrupt on either a
> high-to-low transition or any change in signal state, three
> interrupt-map entries are needed per GPIO pin that can yield an
> interrupt (falling, both, and the "none" case which defaults to both in
> QE PIC). This overhead is necessary because the interrupt-map-pass-thru
> property is not part of the DT specification.
>
> The interrupt-map property is optional: it is not required for GPIO
> banks that have no interrupt capable GPIO line (e.g. port D on MPC8323),
> or when interrupt functionality is not used.
>
> Update the example to show a scenario where each bank supports a
> different numbers of IRQs, or no IRQs at all.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <paul.louvel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/gpio/fsl,mpc8323-qe-pario-bank.yaml | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof