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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/9] pinctrl: Add IRQ support to STM32 gpios
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Hi Linus,

On 09/12/2016 02:58 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Alexandre Torgue
> <alexandre.torgue@st.com> wrote:
>
>> Just one question, when you say "super-complex irqchip in use", do you mean
>> I could use another (simplest) solution to handle this EXTI controller?
>
> I don't know, GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP is to be used for some specific
> cases documented in Documentation/gpio/driver.txt.
>
> For anything complex, we either need to have this hairy code
> or invent new abstractions.
>
Ok I see
.
> For now, I assume this is needed...

Yes it is.

Regards
Alex

>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
>