Re: [PATCH v2] media: i2c: ov5640: Implement get_mbus_config

[Philipp Zabel]

On Mo, 2023-03-20 at 13:47 +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Hi Philipp
> 
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 12:26:26PM +0100, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> > On Mo, 2023-03-20 at 11:55 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:37:33AM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > > Hi Laurent,
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:26:02AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > > > In a (simplified) nutshell,
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---------+     +----------+     +---------+     +-----+     +-----+
> > > > > > Camera | --> | CSI-2 RX | --> | CSI2IPU | --> | Mux | --> | IPU |
> > > > > > Sensor |     |          |     | Gasket  |     |     |     |     |
> > > > > ---------+     +----------+     +---------+     +-----+     +-----+
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you, this is helpful.
> > > > 
> > > > I suppose the mux here at least won't actively do anything to the data. So
> > > > presumably its endpoint won't contain the active configuration, but its
> > > > superset.
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > All those blocks, except for the gasket, have a node in DT.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The IPU driver needs to know the number of CSI-2 data lanes, which is
> > > > > encoded in the data-lanes DT property present in both the sensor output
> > > > > endpoint and the CSI-2 RX input endpoint, but not the other endpoints in
> > > > > the pipeline.
> > > > 
> > > > This doesn't yet explain why the sensor would need to implement
> > > > get_mbus_config if its bus configuration remains constant.
> > > 
> > > If I recall correctly, the IPU driver calls .g_mbus_config() on the
> > > camera sensor to get the number of lanes, as it can't get it from its
> > > own endpoint. That's a hack, and as Jacopo proposed, calling
> > > .g_mbus_config() on the CSI-2 RX would be better, as the CSI-2 RX driver
> > > can then get the value from its own endpoint, without requiring all
> > > sensor drivers to implement .g_mbus_config().
> > 
> > The IPU driver doesn't call get_mbus_config, the CSI-2 RX driver does
> 
> Am I confusing IPU CSI with CSI-2 ?
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c#L211

What the eyesight ... Sorry for the confusion. You are right, it's
right there. Yes, that is IPU CSI calling get_mbus_config.

I had git grepped for get_mbus_config this morning, and was convinced I
only found the call in imx-media-csi2, which is where the number of
lanes is evaluated. The call in imx-media-csi.c is used to determine
whether the sensor is parallel or CSI-2 and whether the CSI has to
operate in bypass mode (for 16-bit parallel bus).

regards
Philipp