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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/8] irqchip: Supply new driver for STi based devices
On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 November 2014 16:24:59 Lee Jones wrote:
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
> > index b21f12f..e502f15 100644
> > --- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
> > @@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ config RENESAS_IRQC
> > bool
> > select IRQ_DOMAIN
> >
> > +config ST_IRQCHIP
> > + bool
> > + select REGMAP
> > + select MFD_SYSCON
> > + help
> > + Enables SysCfg Controlled IRQs on STi based platforms.
> > +
>
> I'm confused by the purpose of this code. It's apparently a driver
> in drivers/irqchip, the Kconfig symbol contains the string IRQCHIP,
> yet it doesn't actually register an irq_chip.
>
> Also, the name is a bit too generic, ST has lots of different irqchips,
> and this apparently isn't even one of them ;-)

Hmm... now you're going to ask me to remember who I had the
conversation with that alluded to this as the best location for this
driver. Unfortunately, I cannot. Can you think of a better place to
put it then?

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