Re: [PATCH 2/3] irqchip/stm32-exti: add STM32MP13 support

[Alexandre TORGUE]

On 12/8/21 3:22 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Alexandre,
>
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:58:46 +0000,
> Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Why does the driver need to carry these tables? This sort of
> > > information should really come from DT, instead of being hardcoded in
> > > the driver and bloating it for no reason. This all has a funny taste
> > > of the board files we used to have pre-DT.
> >
> > There are absolutely no reason to have it in driver. Honestly It has
> > been done in this way to have minimal changes adding this new SoC
> > support (and it's not smart, I agree).
> >
> > I think it is better to abandon this series. I will create a new one
> > which moves mapping table for MP15 and adds MP13 support to.
>
> I'm afraid you'll have to keep the in-kernel table for MP15, since the
> driver needs to work with old DTs. For new SoCs (such as MP13), moving
> the table into DT would be good.

I can try to have both for MP15:use new mechanism as MP13 and keep the 
table inside the driver as a fallback if DT mapping is not provided (for 
old DT).

Thanks

> Thanks,
>
> 	M.