Re: [PATCHv2] pinctrl: baytrail: Clear DIRECT_IRQ bit

From: Samuel Ortiz
Date: Thu Sep 18 2014 - 05:44:08 EST


Hi Mika,

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:49:43AM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 03:47:01PM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote:
> > Direct Irq En bit can be initialized to a bad value.
> > This bit has to be cleared for io access mode.
>
> +Eric
>
> I would like to have a bit better explanation *why* this bit needs to be
> cleared.
>
> Also want to ask Eric (who added the WARN()), is there something
> preventing us to do this? I remember last time you said that we are not
> supposed to change this bit runtime.
>
> My preference is that we get rid of the WARN() and just unconditionally
> clear the bit.
I'd keep the warn though, as it most likely shows a buggy firmware
implementation.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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