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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc217b22d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Broadcom BCM7038-style Level 1 interrupt controller + +This block is a first level interrupt controller that is typically connected +directly to one of the HW INT lines on each CPU. Every BCM7xxx set-top chip +since BCM7038 has contained this hardware. + +Key elements of the hardware design include: + +- 64, 96, 128, or 160 incoming level IRQ lines + +- Most onchip peripherals are wired directly to an L1 input + +- A separate instance of the register set for each CPU, allowing individual + peripheral IRQs to be routed to any CPU + +- Atomic mask/unmask operations + +- No polarity/level/edge settings + +- No FIFO or priority encoder logic; software is expected to read all + 2-5 status words to determine which IRQs are pending + +Required properties: + +- compatible: should be "brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc" +- reg: specifies the base physical address and size of the registers; + the number of supported IRQs is inferred from the size argument +- interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller +- #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt + source, should be 1. +- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller(s) + this one is cascaded from +- interrupts: specifies the interrupt line(s) in the interrupt-parent controller + node; valid values depend on the type of parent interrupt controller + +If multiple reg ranges and interrupt-parent entries are present on an SMP +system, the driver will allow IRQ SMP affinity to be set up through the +/proc/irq/ interface. In the simplest possible configuration, only one +reg range and one interrupt-parent is needed. + +Example: + +periph_intc: periph_intc@1041a400 { + compatible = "brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc"; + reg = <0x1041a400 0x30 0x1041a600 0x30>; + + interrupt-controller; + #interrupt-cells = <1>; + + interrupt-parent = <&cpu_intc>; + interrupts = <2>, <3>; +}; |