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Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver

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Hi Nicolas,

On 01/04/2016 06:37 PM, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> Le 04/01/2016 10:02, Boris Brezillon a écrit :
>> Hi Milo,
>>
>> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 13:28:24 +0900
>> Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This patch-set provides unified Atmel AIC (Advanced Interrupt Controller)
>>> driver. Currently, there are two AIC drivers, AIC and AIC5.
>>> Each driver consists of chip specific part (irq-atmel-aic.o or
>>> irq-atmel-aic5.o) and shared code (irq-atmel-aic-common.o).
>>> But consolidated AIC driver is just one file driver which supports both
>>> IRQ chip systems.
>>
>> Sorry, but what's the real motivation behind this rework?
>
> I was about to ask the same question.
>
> I'm really sorry that you spent so much time and effort for something
> that I'm absolutely against: reworking stable code that had been
> maturing for years and that is now nicely stable... for no obvious reason...

That's fine. It's not a problem. I enjoyed the time :)
I was also concerning about a regression. Let me try to rework common 
part then.

>
> So unless there is a very strong benefit, it's a pretty firm NACK for
> this series. We will certainly take some time to review the bits that
> can be taken further to enhance our current drivers.

Sure, I totally agree.

>
> I also advice you to talk to us before starting such a big project and
> you'll notice that we are open to changes and have many aspect that you
> can work on with AT91.

I'll keep in mind. Thanks for your advice.

Best regards,
Milo
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[PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 07/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make common IRQ domain translate function Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 09/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common retrigger function Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 13/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: clean up irq_chip_generic Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 01/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: fix wrong bit operation for IRQ priority Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 01/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: fix wrong bit operation for  IRQ priority Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:20 +0100
  [PATCH 17/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: use unified IRQ chip initialization function Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 06/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: introduce register data structure Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 06/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: introduce register data  structure Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 10:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 06/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: introduce register data  structure Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-06 09:40 +0100
  [PATCH 04/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: replace magic numbers with named constant Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 04/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: replace magic numbers with  named constant Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:30 +0100
  [PATCH 19/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: rename AIC driver and fix Kconfig Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 11/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common PM IRQ chip operation Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH 12/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: use EOI register data in aic_reg_data Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
  [PATCH 14/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common HW init function Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
  [PATCH 10/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common set_type function Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
  [PATCH 08/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common mask and unmask functions Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common mask and unmask  functions Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:50 +0100
  [PATCH 02/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: clean up RTC interrupt code Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 02/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: clean up RTC interrupt code Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:20 +0100
  [PATCH 05/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: use simple constant to get number of interrupts per chip Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 05/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: use simple constant to get  number of interrupts per chip Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:40 +0100
  [PATCH 03/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: clean up RTT interrupt code Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 03/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: clean up RTT interrupt code Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 09:20 +0100
  [PATCH 15/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: add common interrupt handler Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-04 05:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-04 10:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> - 2016-01-04 10:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-06 09:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-06 08:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2016-01-06 10:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> - 2016-01-06 15:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 00/19] irqchip: atmel-aic: make unified AIC driver Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com> - 2016-01-07 08:50 +0100

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