[PATCH] mfd: stmpe: Pull IRQ GPIO number from DT during DT-based probe
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Mon Jan 7 10:13:33 EST 2013
Dear Lee Jones,
> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > In case of a DT-based probe of the stmpe MFD driver, the irq_gpio was
> > zero, which resulted in the driver failing to probe.
> >
> > Implement DT properties "irq-over-gpio" and "irq-gpios" which are already
> > used in "arch/arm/boot/dts/spear320-hmi.dts" to circumvent these
> > problems.
>
> This must have slipped through the gaps. It should be removed.
True
> > The new
> > behaviour is the expected one and copies the behavior of
> > platform_data-based probe.
>
> Blindly copying platform data behaviour to DT bindings is seldom a good
> idea.
Do you have suggestions how to pass these information? I suspect the irq-over-
gpio property can be killed, since if irq-gpios prop is there, it implies irq-
over-gpio anyway.
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> > Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo at linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Vipul Kumar Samar <vipulkumar.samar at st.com>
> > Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/mfd/stmpe.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
> > index 4b11202..fb9cd6f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
> > @@ -1018,6 +1018,11 @@ void stmpe_of_probe(struct stmpe_platform_data
> > *pdata, struct device_node *np)
> >
> > pdata->id = -1;
> > pdata->irq_trigger = IRQF_TRIGGER_NONE;
> >
> > + pdata->irq_over_gpio = of_get_property(np, "irq-over-gpio", NULL);
>
> This is a new DT binding and you haven't provided any documentation for it.
>
> Also, there is no reason for the binding to exist.
>
> Lots of drivers use GPIO pins as IRQs.
Right, this can be removed and only the 'irq-gpios' can be kept around. What do
you say?
> > + pdata->irq_gpio = of_get_named_gpio(np, "irq-gpios", 0);
> > + if (!gpio_is_valid(pdata->irq_gpio))
> > + pdata->irq_gpio = -1;
> > +
> >
> > of_property_read_u32(np, "st,autosleep-timeout",
> >
> > &pdata->autosleep_timeout);
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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