Re: [PATCH v7 3/4] ARM: mediatek: Add sysirq in mt6589/mt8135/mt8127 dtsi

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Wed Nov 19 2014 - 12:50:08 EST


On Wed, Nov 19 2014 at 2:14:10 pm GMT, Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add sysirq settings for mt6589/mt8135/mt8127
> This also correct timer interrupt flag. The old setting works
> because boot loader already set polarity for timer interrupt.
> Without intpol support, the setting was not changed so gic
> can get the irq correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt6589.dtsi | 14 ++++++++++++--
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt8127.dtsi | 14 ++++++++++++--
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt8135.dtsi | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/mt6589.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/mt6589.dtsi
> index e3c7600..c91b2a9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/mt6589.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/mt6589.dtsi
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
>
> / {
> compatible = "mediatek,mt6589";
> - interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> + interrupt-parent = <&sysirq>;

This worries me a bit. Your sysirq cannot handle PPIs, and yet you make
it the top-level interrupt controller, without amending any PPI.

Does it mean you do not use *any* PPI? No per-cpu timer, nothing?

Thanks,

M.
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