Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] irqchip: pruss: Add a PRUSS irqchip driver for PRUSS interrupts

[Tony Lindgren]

* Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> [190204 14:23]:
> From: "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@xxxxxx>
> 
> The Programmable Real-Time Unit Subsystem (PRUSS) contains an
> interrupt controller (INTC) that can handle various system input
> events and post interrupts back to the device-level initiators.
> The INTC can support upto 64 input events with individual control
> configuration and hardware prioritization. These events are mapped
> onto 10 interrupt signals through two levels of many-to-one mapping
> support. Different interrupt signals are routed to the individual
> PRU cores or to the host CPU.
> 
> The PRUSS INTC platform driver manages this PRUSS interrupt
> controller and implements an irqchip driver to provide a Linux
> standard way for the PRU client users to enable/disable/ack/
> re-trigger a PRUSS system event. The system events to interrupt
> channels and host interrupts relies on the mapping configuration
> provided through a firmware resource table for now. This will be
> revisited and enhanced in the future for a better interface. The
> mappings will currently be programmed during the boot/shutdown
> of the PRU.
> 
> The PRUSS INTC module is reference counted during the interrupt
> setup phase through the irqchip's irq_request_resources() and
> irq_release_resources() ops. This restricts the module from being
> removed as long as there are active interrupt users.
> 
> The PRUSS INTC can generate an interrupt to various processor
> subsystems on the SoC through a set of 64 possible PRU system
> events. These system events can be used by PRU client drivers
> or applications for event notifications/signalling between PRUs
> and MPU or other processors. An API, pruss_intc_trigger() is
> provided to MPU-side PRU client drivers/applications to be able
> to trigger an event/interrupt using IRQ numbers provided by the
> PRUSS-INTC irqdomain chip.

I suggest you send the binding patch and the interrupt
controller driver separately to the irqchip guys. Maybe
put the trigger function in to a separate patch that can
be reviewed and applied separately.

Regards,

Tony