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

[Philipp Zabel]

On Mo, 2023-03-20 at 12:15 +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:55:14AM +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 g_mbus_config op could be implemented by the CSI2IPU and mux, by simply
> requesting the information from the upstream sub-device. No hacks would be
> needed.

I think implementing get_mbus_config on the mux might be enough. The
IPU driver already recognizes the CSI-2 RX by its grp_id and could
infer that it has to use MIPI CSI-2 mode from that.

The video-mux would have to forward get_mbus_config to its active
upstream port and if the upstream sensor does not implement it read bus
width from the active upstream endpoint.

regards
Philipp