Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: display: panel: ilitek,ili9488: make the port optional

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 05:07:04PM +0100, Romain TISSERAND wrote:
> The panel is a MIPI-DSI peripheral, a child node of its DSI host, and the
> driver does not use a graph port. A port is only needed when the host
> links its panel through the graph; other DSI hosts, such as the Allwinner
> sun6i-a31-mipi-dsi one, link the child node and have no output port to
> point at. The PinePhone panel is described that way on the same host,
> without a port.
> 
> Keep the port allowed (panel-common) but no longer required, as for other
> DSI panels such as ilitek,ili9881c.

ilitek,ili7807s and a few others have the same and it is confusing. The
port should be required when this is connected over SPI or I2C, but not
for MIPI DSI. I think that for MIPI DSI port is meaningless so actually
incorrect.

Why was it added in the first place?

> 
> Reviewed-by: Igor Reznichenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Romain TISSERAND <romain.tisserand@xxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof