[PATCH v3 14/21] ARM: imx6: convert GPC to stacked domains
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Jan 12 22:09:20 PST 2015
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
> IMX6 has been (ab)using the gic_arch_extn to provide
> wakeup from suspend, and it makes a lot of sense to convert
> this code to use stacked domains instead.
>
> This patch does just this, updating the DT files to actually
> reflect what the HW provides.
>
> BIG FAT WARNING: because the DTs were so far lying by not
> exposing the fact that the GPC block is actually the first
> interrupt controller in the chain, kernels with this patch
> applied wont have any suspend-resume facility when booted
> with old DTs, and old kernels with updated DTs won't even boot.
>
> Tested-by: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
> Acked-by: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
(...)
> +static int imx_gpc_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain,
> + unsigned int virq,
Nutcase nitpick on this nice patch series: every time I see "virq" my
OCD triggers, as I think the "v" in "virq" stand for virtual. These irqs
are no more virtual than any other Linux irq numbers, hwirq is
more to the point.
I just refer to these as "irq" (sans "v") in any code I write.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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