RE: [PATCH v2 03/28] ARM: gic: Export irq chip functions

[Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com>]

Colin,
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> arm-kernel-bounces@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Colin Cross
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> Cc: Russell King; Linus Walleij; konkers@android.com; Gary King;
> Catalin Marinas; Abhijeet Dharmapurikar; linux-
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> Subject: [PATCH v2 03/28] ARM: gic: Export irq chip functions
>
> Some systems combine the GIC with an external interrupt controller.
> On these systems it may be necessary to update both the GIC
> registers
> and the external controller's registers to control IRQ behavior.
> Export the irq chip functions so that these systems can define a
> custom irq chip that calls into the GIC handlers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
> ---
> v2: Updated on top of irq_data changes
>
>  arch/arm/common/gic.c               |   11 +++++------
>  arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h |   10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
Instead of exporting the GIC library, I think we could add the
flexibility with slightly different approach.
Have few common arm patches mainly for PM.
Will post them shortly. Have a look at them.


Regards,
Santosh