Re: Similar SoCs with different CPUs and interrupt bindings

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 21/09/2022 12:14, Robin Murphy wrote:
>> +#define SOC_PERIPHERAL_IRQ_NUMBER(na)  (na + 32)
>> +#define SOC_PERIPHERAL_IRQ(nr, na) GIC_SPI nr SOC_PERIPHERAL_IRQ_NUMBER(na)
>>   / {
>>          compatible = "renesas,r9a07g043";
>>          #address-cells = <2>;
>> @@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ ssi1: ssi@1004a000 {
>>                          compatible = "renesas,r9a07g043-ssi",
>>                                       "renesas,rz-ssi";
>>                          reg = <0 0x1004a000 0 0x400>;
>> -                       interrupts = <GIC_SPI 330 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
>> +                       interrupts = <SOC_PERIPHERAL_IRQ(330, IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH)>,
>>
>>
>>
>> Or any other method like that....
> 
> Which will generate the text:
> 
> 	"interrupts = <GIC_SPI 330 (IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH + 32)>,"
> 
> (give or take some whitespace)
> 
> CPP supports constant expressions in #if and #elif directives, but 
> macros are purely literal text replacement. It might technically be 
> achievable with some insane CPP metaprogramming, but for all practical 
> purposes this is a non-starter unless dtc itself grows the ability to 
> process arithmetic expressions.

Except I put it into flags, not to IRQ number, it works, so I am not
sure why do you call it non-starter?

Best regards,
Krzysztof