[PATCH] drm/meson: Convert to Linux IRQ interfaces

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 08.07.21 um 15:31 schrieb Martin Blumenstingl:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 9:45 AM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> wrote:
>>
>> Drop the DRM IRQ midlayer in favor of Linux IRQ interfaces. DRM's
>> IRQ helpers are mostly useful for UMS drivers. Modern KMS drivers
>> don't benefit from using it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Tested-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl at googlemail.com>
> and also (although I am no drm subsystem expert):
> Reviewed-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl at googlemail.com>
> 

Oh, just when I committed the patch. But thanks for your reply.


> [...]
>> -       ret = drm_irq_install(drm, priv->vsync_irq);
>> +       ret = request_irq(priv->vsync_irq, meson_irq, 0, drm->driver->name, drm);
> I'd like to use dev_name(dev) instead of drm->driver->name in the
> future as that'll make it much easier to identify the corresponding
> IRQ in /proc/interrupts for example
> your patch makes this possible - thanks for this!

I also thought about this, but every driver in DRM and apparently most 
drivers in general pass the driver's name here. I think the change would 
make a lot of sense, but it's probably worth a kernel-wide effort.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
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