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

[Nikita Yushchenko]

> > > > +				port@1 {
> > > > +					reg = <1>;
> > > > +					lvds0_out: endpoint {
> > > >    					};
> > >
> > > Endpoints must have a remote-endpoint property. Let's drop the endpoint
> > > here and keep the port only, the endpoint can be declared in board
> > > files.
> > >
> > > If you're fine with this change I can make it when applying the patch.
> >
> > This empty endpoint is currently defined in dtsi files for other r-car
> > gen3 SoCs.
> >
> > Goal here is to define lvds0_out label that is then used in extension
> > board dtsi files to link to the port.
> >
> > In this patch I just used the same approach as in files laying nearby.
> >
> > 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.

This is not the only place where rcag-gen3 dtsi files are using empty-endpoint pattern.

du rgb port is defined in the same way.

And, I've submitted a patch some weeks ago [1] that hooked into that.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211225115308.2152364-1-nikita.yoush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Since there was no reply, I am about to resubmit it.
But, perhaps need to do something with empty-endpoint pattern first?

Nikita