Re: [PATCH v9 1/7] dt-bindings: media: qcom,x1e80100-camss: Add optional PHY handle definitions

[Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>]

On 27/02/2026 00:02, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> - Add CSI PHY as an optional device node under the camss node.
> - If it is not present there, create it manually (by applying the
>    platform-specific overlay, by using OF_DYNAMIC or just by creating the
>    platform device manually)
> - Migrate existing platforms into using the CSI PHY driver (ideally, one
>    by one), while still retaining the backwards compatibility with the
>    current camss ABI.

Even though this is more work, I actually quite like this suggestion.

Provided the DT compiler doesn't complain, I think I'll take this feedback.

One reason for that is indeed as you say, we can reach back to older 
devices and give them some love.

> - For platforms starting with N+1 (the next platform to be submitted or
>    merged(?) into the kernel) make CSI PHY node mandatory, keeping
>    backwards compatibility code limited to the currently defined affected
>    platforms, which unfortunately means the following list (I'd leave the
>    question on how to handle the patches currently in flight to the
>    maintainer's discretion):

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