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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 11:56:07 +0200
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] pinctrl: renesas: pinctrl-rzg2l: Add IRQ
 domain to handle GPIO interrupt
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc:     Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
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        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
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        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
        Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com>
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Hi Linus,

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 11:38 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 9:30 PM Lad Prabhakar
> <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com> wrote:
> > Add IRQ domian to RZ/G2L pinctrl driver to handle GPIO interrupt.
> >
> > GPIO0-GPIO122 pins can be used as IRQ lines but only 32 pins can be
> > used as IRQ lines at given time. Selection of pins as IRQ lines
> > is handled by IA55 (which is the IRQC block) which sits in between the
> > GPIO and GIC.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
>
> Why can't you just use the hierarchical IRQ domain handling inside
> gpiolib?

Out of interest (not related to this patch), does this support multiple
parent domains?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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