Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 2 authors, 2021-12-27

Re: [RFC PATCH v1 3/4] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: realtek,rtl-intc: replace irq mapping

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-12-23 18:00:43
Also in: lkml

On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:08:33 +0000,
Sander Vanheule [off-list ref] wrote:
The binding incorrectly specified the "interrupt-map" property should be
used, although the use is non-standard. A quirk had to be introduced in
commit de4adddcbcc2 ("of/irq: Add a quirk for controllers with their own
definition of interrupt-map") to allow the driver to function again.
That's too late. We have released a kernel with this binding, and it
will live on forever until we totally remove the platform from the
tree.

DT is an ABI, and only time travel can fix this blunder.

	M.

-- 
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help