[PATCH 2/3] irqchip/stm32-exti: add STM32MP13 support

[Alexandre TORGUE]

On 12/8/21 3:22 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:58:46 +0000,
> Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue at foss.st.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Why does the driver need to carry these tables? This sort of
>>> information should really come from DT, instead of being hardcoded in
>>> the driver and bloating it for no reason. This all has a funny taste
>>> of the board files we used to have pre-DT.
>>>
>>
>> There are absolutely no reason to have it in driver. Honestly It has
>> been done in this way to have minimal changes adding this new SoC
>> support (and it's not smart, I agree).
>>
>> I think it is better to abandon this series. I will create a new one
>> which moves mapping table for MP15 and adds MP13 support to.
> 
> I'm afraid you'll have to keep the in-kernel table for MP15, since the
> driver needs to work with old DTs. For new SoCs (such as MP13), moving
> the table into DT would be good.

I can try to have both for MP15:use new mechanism as MP13 and keep the 
table inside the driver as a fallback if DT mapping is not provided (for 
old DT).

Thanks

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
>