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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Geert,
> 
> On Thursday 17 September 2015 10:31:59 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 04:12:30PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > >> irqchip: renesas-irqc: r8a7795 and generic chip update
> > >> 
> > >> [PATCH 01/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Add r8a7795 IRQC DT documentation
> > >> [PATCH 02/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Move over to generic chip
> > >> [PATCH 03/03] irqchip: renesas-irqc: Enable nested lock
> > >> 
> > >> This series updates the IRQC driver with generic chip support including
> > >> nested locking. Also the DT documentation is extended with r8a7795
> > >> support.
> > > 
> > > Its not entirely clear what the relationship is between these patches
> > > nor what the motivation is for the last two patches.
> > 
> > Patch 2 is a cleanup/consolidation.
> 
> In just a few lines, and just for my information, what does generic IRQ chip 
> offers compared to the current implementatoin ?

Common, i.e. less duplicated code.

Thanks,

	tglx