Re: [RFC PATCH v1 20/21] RISC-V: ACPI: Create PLIC platform device

[Sunil V L]

Hi Conor,

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 09:41:45AM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 11:29:15PM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> > Since PLIC needs to be a platform device
> 
> For the unwashed, why does the PLCI need to be a platform device?
> (And while you're at that, please try to make use of the extra ~20
> characters per line that you can use here.)
>
Sure, let me add more details and use extra characters.
 
> > probe the
> > MADT and create platform devices for each PLIC in the
> > system. Use software node framework for the fwnode
> > which allows to create properties and hence the
> > actual irqchip driver doesn't need to do anything
> > different for ACPI vs DT.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Co-developed-by: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > +static struct fwnode_handle *acpi_plic_create_fwnode(struct acpi_madt_plic *plic)
> > +{
> > +	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, *parent_fwnode;
> > +	struct riscv_irqchip_list *plic_element;
> > +	struct software_node_ref_args *refs;
> > +	struct property_entry props[8] = {};
> > +	int nr_contexts;
> > +
> > +	props[0] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("riscv,gsi-base", plic->gsi_base);
> > +	props[1] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("riscv,ndev", plic->num_irqs);
> > +	props[2] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("riscv,max_prio", plic->max_prio);
> 
> My OCD wants to know why this gets an _ but the others have a -.
> 
It should be -. But with Marc's recommendation, this is no longer
required.

Thanks!
Sunil