RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] power: sequencing: Add Renesas RZ/G3L Power Ready driver

Hi Geert,

Thanks for feedback.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
> Sent: 19 August 2026 09:42
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] power: sequencing: Add Renesas RZ/G3L Power Ready driver
> 
> Hi Biju,
> 
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 at 10:18, Biju Das <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> On Wed, 12 Aug 2026
> > > at 13:50, Biju <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > From: Biju Das <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > Add a power sequencing driver for the Renesas RZ/G3L PWRRDY
> > > > module, which signals power readiness for various IPs (USB, DSI,
> > > > CSI etc.) on the SoC. The driver binds as an auxiliary device to
> > > > the parent SYSC driver, using its regmap to toggle the
> > > > SYS_PWRRDY_N register bits, and exposes {usb,dsi,csi}-pwrrdy pwrseq targets.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Biju Das <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > > --- a/drivers/power/sequencing/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/power/sequencing/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ config POWER_SEQUENCING_QCOM_WCN
> > > >           this driver is needed for correct power control or else we'd risk not
> > > >           respecting the required delays between enabling Bluetooth and WLAN.
> > > >
> > > > +config POWER_SEQUENCING_RENESAS_PWRRDY
> > > > +       tristate "Renesas Power Ready sequencing driver"
> > > > +       depends on SYSC_RZ || COMPILE_TEST
> > > > +       select AUXILIARY_BUS
> > >
> > > Could this cause circular dependency problems with ...
> >
> > You mean this to be fixed as??
> >
> > depends on SYSC_RZ || (COMPILE_TEST && AUXILIARY_BUS)
> >
> > So that there won't be any build issue with COMPILE_TEST for Auxiliary
> > bus API's
> 
> Sorry for being unclear: probably the three exisiting "depends on AUXILIARY_BUS" should be changed to
> "select AUXILIARY_BUS".

Got it.

Will fix it in next version.

Cheers,
Biju

> 
> > > > +       help
> > > > +         Say Y here to enable the power sequencing driver for the Renesas
> > > > +         Power Ready signals. This driver handles the power ready signals
> > > > +         required to power on the various IP's on RZ/G3L platform.
> > > > +
> > > >  config POWER_SEQUENCING_TH1520_GPU
> > > >         tristate "T-HEAD TH1520 GPU power sequencing driver"
> > > >         depends on (ARCH_THEAD && AUXILIARY_BUS) || COMPILE_TEST
> > >
> > > ... e.g. this, due to a mix of (a lot of) selects and (only three) depends?
> >
> > I believe this should give build error if COMPILE_TEST enabled for
> > this driver Without AUXILIARY_BUS enabled??
> 
> Possibly, as the auxiliary bus doesn't seem to define dummies in case AUXILIARY_BUS is not enabled.
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
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