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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
To: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	"Chris Paterson" <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com>,
	"Biju Das" <biju.das@bp.renesas.com>,
	"Prabhakar Mahadev Lad" <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>,
	"linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: mfd: Document RZ/G2L MTU3a bindings
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 17:16:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8b4a2bfd-ce7f-6bb9-4e50-ecd9bda881a2@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OS0PR01MB59221BDEB7E6B39AEFD31C44865E9@OS0PR01MB5922.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>

On 08/10/2022 09:42, Biju Das wrote:

>>>> +                        "tgia8", "tgib8", "tgic8", "tgid8",
>>> "tgiv8", "tgiu8";
>>>> +      clocks = <&cpg CPG_MOD R9A07G044_MTU_X_MCK_MTU3>;
>>>> +      power-domains = <&cpg>;
>>>> +      resets = <&cpg R9A07G044_MTU_X_PRESET_MTU3>;
>>>> +
>>>> +      counter {
>>>> +        compatible = "renesas,rz-mtu3-counter";
>>>
>>> You don't have any resources for the counter in DT, so you don't
>> even
>>> need a node here. Just have the parent driver instaniate the counter
>>> driver.
>>
> 
> If I remove "renesas,rz-mtu3-counter" and "renesas,rz-mtu3-pwm" then instantiating 
> the counter and pwm driver from parent driver by directly calling probe function is
> giving cyclic dependency error[1].

How is this related to DT? Purpose of DT is not to solve your probe
problems.

> 
> So looks like either we need to use compatible "renesas,rz-mtu3-counter" and 
> "renesas,rz-mtu3-pwm" if these functionalities to be in respective subsystem tree
> 

No, you don't need. Your driver implementation is not really related to
the bindings.


Best regards,
Krzysztof


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-09 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-06 13:57 [PATCH v3 0/4] Add RZ/G2L MTU3a MFD, Counter and pwm driver Biju Das
2022-10-06 13:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: mfd: Document RZ/G2L MTU3a bindings Biju Das
2022-10-06 20:17   ` Rob Herring
2022-10-07 12:40     ` Biju Das
2022-10-08  7:42       ` Biju Das
2022-10-08 10:51         ` Biju Das
2022-10-09 14:38         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-10-09 15:17           ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-10-10 13:00             ` Biju Das
2022-10-10  7:10           ` Biju Das
2022-10-09 15:16         ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2022-10-10 15:13           ` Biju Das

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