Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg2l-smarc-som: Add PHY interrupt support for ETH{0/1}

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Prabhakar,

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 1:55 PM Lad, Prabhakar
<prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 12:43 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 1:07 PM Lad, Prabhakar
> > <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 11:47 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 9:57 PM Lad Prabhakar
> > > > <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > The PHY interrupt (INT_N) pin is connected to IRQ2 and IRQ3 for ETH0
> > > > > and ETH1 respectively.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your patch!
> > > >
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/rzg2l-smarc-som.dtsi
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/rzg2l-smarc-som.dtsi
> > > > > @@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ phy0: ethernet-phy@7 {
> > > > >                 compatible = "ethernet-phy-id0022.1640",
> > > > >                              "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
> > > > >                 reg = <7>;
> > > > > +               interrupt-parent = <&irqc>;
> > > > > +               interrupts = <3 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> > > >
> > > > 2?
> > > >
> > > IRQ2 = SPI 3, the driver expects the SPI number and is used as index
> > > [0] to map the interrupt in the GIC.
> > >
> > > [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-rzg2l.c?h=next-20220720#n291
> >
> > Using the SPI number sounds strange to me, as the consumer
> > (Ethernet PHY) is linked to the IRQC, not to the GIC directly.
> >
> Right, are you suggesting that I tweak the driver? The other problem
> is how do we differentiate NMI and IRQ0? How about we add macros for
> IRQ0-7 and use them in the DTS?
>
> > > > "The first cell should contain external interrupt number (IRQ0-7)"
> > > >
> > > Probably I need to reword this to "The first cell should contain the
> > > SPI number for IRQ0-7/NMI interrupt lines" ?
> >
> > Oh, so zero is the NMI?
> > And 1-8 are IRQ0-7.
> >
> Yes that's right.

I don't think it was ever mentioned that the NMI was exposed, too.

Using macros sounds fine to me.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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