Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] PCI/MSI: of: Add support for OF-provided msi_domain

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Wed Jan 14 2015 - 05:19:32 EST


Hi Abel,

On 14/01/15 08:17, Yun Wu (Abel) wrote:
> On 2015/1/9 1:06, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>
>> In order to populate the PHB msi_domain, use the "msi-parent"
>> attribute to lookup a corresponding irq domain. If found,
>> this is our MSI domain.
>>
>> This gets plugged into the core PCI code.
>>
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> Since the whole patch series based on the fact that non PCI type
> buses will use MSI-like interrupts, would it be better if getting
> this field settled during OF populating?

Are you're thinking of letting random platform devices automagically
gain an MSI domain as they are discovered by DT? I feel like you looking
at it the wrong way.

Note that DT discovery doesn't imply a particular bus, and non-PCI
doesn't mean bus-agnostic. MSI-like interrupts really are a bus
property, and I'd rather see you implementing support for your favourite
bus (and do the MSI domain matching there).

Thanks,

M.
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