Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: remove 'interrupt-parent' from bindings

[Vladimir Zapolskiy]

Hi Rob,

On 07/24/2018 01:13 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> 'interrupt-parent' is often documented as part of define bindings, but
> it is really outside the scope of a device binding. It's never required
> in a given node as it is often inherited from a parent node. Or it can
> be implicit if a parent node is an 'interrupt-controller' node. So
> remove it from all the binding files.
> 
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

[snip]

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
> index 38211f344dc8..0bfb3ba55f4c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
> @@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Required properties:
>    Reset value is IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW.
>  
>  Optional properties:
> -- interrupt-parent: empty for MIC interrupt controller, link to parent
> -  MIC interrupt controller for SIC1 and SIC2
>  - interrupts: empty for MIC interrupt controller, cascaded MIC
>    hardware interrupts for SIC1 and SIC2
>  

I would rather ask you to keep the property here, it is optional in sense that
its presence distinguishes MIC and SIC types of interrupt controllers.

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Best wishes,
Vladimir