Re: [PATCH v11 2/2] drm/bridge: Add Lontium LT9611C(EX/UXD) MIPI DSI to HDMI driver

[Mohit Dsor]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 04:29:32PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 25/08/2026 16:09, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> > 
> >> +static struct i2c_device_id lt9611c_id[] = {
> >> +  { "lontium,lt9611c",   (kernel_ulong_t)&lt9611c_chip_data[CHIP_LT9611C] 
> >>   },
> >> +  { "lontium,lt9611ex",  
> >> (kernel_ulong_t)&lt9611c_chip_data[CHIP_LT9611EX]  },
> >> +  { "lontium,lt9611uxd", 
> >> (kernel_ulong_t)&lt9611c_chip_data[CHIP_LT9611UXD] },
> > 
> > AFAIK there should be no vendor prefix for the i2c_device_id. Have a look
> > at the docs and other drivers for the best practice.
> 
> This is because of bugs in the driver, which I reported at v6. Code had
> NULL ptr and to solve it, instead of fixing it, Lontium added such prefixes.
> 
> Obviously this is a no-go and they MUST fix the null pointer in the
> first place.
Will remove the prefix in v12.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof