Re: [PATCH v3] sh: avoid using IRQ0 on SH3/4

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue May 03 2022 - 03:02:37 EST


Hi Rob,

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:02 PM Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sounds like it's now outside of the IRQ range allocation, but I can't find where
> that's requested when registering the controller? (What is a "swizzle" anyway?)

PCI slots have 4 interrupts (#A, #B, #C, #D). In machines with
multiple slots, the interrupts lines are "swizzled", to avoid that all cards
using a single interrupt are mapped to the same host interrupt.

Typically, the mapping is:

host_irq = bus_irqs[(slot + irq_pin) % 4];

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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