To avoid setting it up even if the hardware is not actually connected to anything physically. Besides, the bindings explicitly notes that port definitions are "optional if they are not connected to anything at the hardware level". Signed-off-by: Alexander Riesen <alexander.riesen@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-dai.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-dai.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-dai.c index 4775a0c7ed7f..ce3ae7de765c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-dai.c +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-dai.c @@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ int adv748x_dai_init(struct adv748x_dai *dai) int ret; struct adv748x_state *state = adv748x_dai_to_state(dai); + if (!state->endpoints[ADV748X_PORT_I2S]) { + adv_info(state, "no I2S port, DAI disabled\n"); + ret = 0; + goto fail; + } dai->mclk = clk_register_fixed_rate(state->dev, "adv748x-hdmi-i2s-mclk", NULL /* parent_name */, -- 2.25.1.25.g9ecbe7eb18 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel