RE: [LINUX PATCH v2] gpio_keys: Added support to read the IRQ_FLAGS from devicetree

[Nava kishore Manne]

Hi Linus walleij,

	One of Our gpio-controller was supporting only edge rising   interrupts. For that reason I implementing the below logic to read the interrupt trigger level from the DT. If it is wrong could you please provide the pointer to solve this issue?

Regards,
Navakishore.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Walleij [mailto:linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 4:38 PM
> To: Nava kishore Manne
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov; Andersson, BjÃrn; Nava kishore Manne; Peng Fan;
> Linux Input; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v2] gpio_keys: Added support to read the
> IRQ_FLAGS from devicetree
> 
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Nava kishore Manne
> <nava.manne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This patch adds the support to read the IRQ_FLAGS from the device
> > instead of hard code the flags in gpio_keys_setup_key().
> 
> NACK
> 
> >                 sw14 {
> >                         label = "sw14";
> >                         gpios = <&gpio0 12 1>;
> >                         /*
> >                          * Triggering Type:
> >                          *
> >                          * 1 - edge rising
> >                          * 2 - edge falling
> >                          * 4 - level active high
> >                          * 8 - level active low
> >                          *
> >                          */
> 
> You are completely violating the existing GPIO flags from include/dt-
> bindings/gpio/gpio.h
> 
> As you will see, for a twocell GPIO flags are already clearly defined for 0,1,2
> and 3. (Bit 0 & 1).
> 
> Further, these IRQ edge/level flags already exist in include/dt-
> bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h
> but you should not be using those either, because they do not mix with a
> GPIO specifier, it's a bit like oil and water.
> 
> The standard GPIO bindings already has
> GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH and GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW
> which makes it pretty clear that a GPIO line marked as GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH
> should trigger either on rising edge or level active high and vice versa.
> 
> The only information you could *possibly* lack is whether the IRQ should be
> edge or level triggered.
> 
> But level triggered GPIO buttons *does* *not* *make*
> *sense* *at* *all*.
> 
> Think about it:
> 
> The IRQ line goes level high or low because a user pressed a button with
> his/her thumb. Then that is wired in as a level IRQ. So what are we going to
> do? Wait in the interrupt handler until the user removes his/her thumb?
> 
> Level IRQs on GPIOs only makes sense for devices off-chip where you can
> talk to the device and ACK the interrupt, and in this case "talk" does not
> mean wire up a speaker telling the user to remove the thumb from the
> button because we have recieved the interrupt, albeit that would be the
> real-world analogy.
> 
> Please tell us what you are actually trying to solve.


	One of Our gpio-controller was supporting only edge rising   interrupts. For that reason I implementing the below logic to read the interrupt trigger level from the DT. If it is wrong could you please provide the pointer to solve this issue?

Regards,
Navakishore.

> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij