linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77961: Add lvds0 device node

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Message-ID: <39f70781-831e-c86a-ec5f-68f2b4bd3d62@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:19:10 +0300
From:   Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77961: Add lvds0 device node

>> If this approach is not appropriate, then perhaps need to fix it in
>> files for all SoCs, to make it possible for extension board dtsi to be
>> compatible with all of them.
> 
> I'm writing a patch to drop those right now :-) I'll CC you.

Ok.

But, are you sure that empty nodes like these are that bad?

I was going to suggest a movement in opposite direction - adding more such nodes, so they could form a 
sort of API for dts plugins describing e.g. displays connectable to boards based on different SoCs.

Nikita