[PATCHv5 1/4] of: document common interrupt controller details

From: Jamie Iles
Date: Wed Jan 04 2012 - 20:23:46 EST


It's common for interrupt controllers to need to encode interrupt
trigger types and the Linux specific types seem common. Document these
in a centralized place so that they don't get reinvented each time a new
controller is added.

Suggested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt | 8 ++------
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
index 52916b4..50f991f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ Main node required properties:
SPI interrupts are in the range [0-987]. PPI interrupts are in the
range [0-15].

- The 3rd cell is the flags, encoded as follows:
- bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags.
- 1 = low-to-high edge triggered
- 2 = high-to-low edge triggered
- 4 = active high level-sensitive
- 8 = active low level-sensitive
+ The 3rd cell is the flags, encoded as the trigger masks from
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt and:
bits[15:8] PPI interrupt cpu mask. Each bit corresponds to each of
the 8 possible cpus attached to the GIC. A bit set to '1' indicated
the interrupt is wired to that CPU. Only valid for PPI interrupts.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1545941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupts.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Common Interrupt Binding Details
+
+For controllers that need to encode trigger types and senses, where possible
+it is encouraged to use the following encoding (a direct mapping of the
+IRQF_TRIGGER_* constants in include/linux/interrupt.h):
+
+ bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags.
+ 1 = low-to-high edge triggered
+ 2 = high-to-low edge triggered
+ 4 = active high level-sensitive
+ 8 = active low level-sensitive
+
+For example, an interrupt may be encoded as (with #interrupt-cells = <2>):
+
+ interrupts = <4 0x3>;
+
+to have interrupt 4 raise an interrupt on both edges of the input.
--
1.7.5.4

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