[U-Boot] [PATCH 16/18] malta: setup PIIX4 interrupt route

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Paul Burton,

> On 10/11/13 20:09, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dear Paul Burton,
> > 
> >> Without setting up the PIRQ[A:D] interrupt routes, PCI interrupts will
> >> be left disabled. Linux does not set up this routing but relies upon it
> >> having been set up by the bootloader, reading back the IRQ lines which
> >> the PIRQ[A:D] signals have been routed to.
> > 
> > Did you also submit a fix to Linux guys?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Marek Vasut
> 
> No, I haven't. Although Linux is reliant upon these values having been
> programmed it's quite clear from reading its code that that depence is
> intentional. It explicitely reads the route setup by the bootloader
> rather than clobbering it, and to me that does make sense in this case.

Can this setup not be passed via a well-designed DT binding then?

> However the pcnet32 ethernet driver seems to be reliant upon the
> interrupt and doesn't handle the case of a PCI device with no assigned
> interrupt, so I'll send a patch to fail its probe in that case shortly.

Thanks!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut