Re: [PATCH 2/2] HID: i2c-hid: Add support for GPIO interrupts

[Mark Rutland]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 02:47:29PM +0000, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 02:37:24PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 02:29:33PM +0000, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > The HID over I2C specification allows to have the interrupt for a HID
> > > device to be GPIO instead of directly connected to the IO-APIC.
> > > 
> > > Add support for this so that when the driver does not find proper interrupt
> > > number from the I2C client structure we check if the device has property
> > > named "gpios". This is then assumed to be the GPIO that serves as an
> > > interrupt for the device.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  .../devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.txt       |  5 +-
> > >  drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c                      | 70 ++++++++++++++++------
> > >  2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.txt
> > > index 488edcb264c4..8f4a99dad3b9 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.txt
> > > @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ Required properties:
> > >  - reg: i2c slave address
> > >  - hid-descr-addr: HID descriptor address
> > >  - interrupt-parent: the phandle for the interrupt controller
> > > -- interrupts: interrupt line
> > > +- interrupts: interrupt line if the device uses IO-APIC interrupts
> > > +
> > > +Optional properties:
> > > +- gpios: GPIO used as an interrupt if the device uses GPIO interrupts
> > 
> > Elsewhere we've said that for a GPIO acting as an interrupt line, GPIO
> > controller should be marked as an interrupt-controller, and the GPIO
> > described as an interrupt line. That also gets you the appropriate
> > configuration for the GPIO as an interrupt.
> > 
> > Does this GPIO serve any other purpose than an ersatz interrupt line?
> 
> It is just an interrupt.
> 
> > If not, it should probably be described as an interrupt. From the PoV of
> > this device, it's just an interrupt controller hooked up to the
> > interrupt pin.
> 
> What I'm trying to do is to get a GPIO that is described in ACPI (as
> GpioInt() in _CRS) to be supported in this driver using gpiolib like
> this:
> 
> 	desc = gpiod_get(&client->dev, NULL);
> 
> This calls to find "gpios" property which ends up finding the GpioInt()
> in _CRS.

I understand what you are trying to do, but I disagree on the principle.
If it's logically an interrupt, it should be described as an interrupt.

If ACPI lacks the ability to describe things in that fashion, it's yet
another reason that we shouldn't be pretending that DT and ACPI are the
same thing.

Mark.
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