Re: [PATCH v1 41/55] media: i2c: ov8865: Use the v4l2 helper for obtaining the clock

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Thu Jun 19 2025 - 17:58:18 EST


Hi Mehdi,

Thank you for the patch.

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 07:59:34PM +0200, Mehdi Djait wrote:
> devm_clk_get() fails on ACPI-based platforms, where firmware does not
> provide a direct reference to the clock producer.
>
> Replace devm_clk_get() with the new v4l2 helper
> devm_v4l2_sensor_clk_get() that works on both DT- and ACPI-based
> platforms to retrieve a reference to the clock producer from firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov8865.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov8865.c
> index 95ffe7536aa6..5cc278c3e169 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov8865.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov8865.c
> @@ -2956,7 +2956,6 @@ static int ov8865_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> struct ov8865_sensor *sensor;
> struct v4l2_subdev *subdev;
> struct media_pad *pad;
> - unsigned int rate = 0;
> unsigned int i;
> int ret;
>
> @@ -3019,39 +3018,14 @@ static int ov8865_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>
> /* External Clock */
>
> - sensor->extclk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
> - if (PTR_ERR(sensor->extclk) == -ENOENT) {
> - dev_info(dev, "no external clock found, continuing...\n");
> - sensor->extclk = NULL;
> - } else if (IS_ERR(sensor->extclk)) {
> + sensor->extclk = devm_v4l2_sensor_clk_get(dev, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(sensor->extclk)) {
> dev_err(dev, "failed to get external clock\n");
> ret = PTR_ERR(sensor->extclk);
> goto error_endpoint;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * We could have either a 24MHz or 19.2MHz clock rate from either dt or
> - * ACPI...but we also need to support the weird IPU3 case which will
> - * have an external clock AND a clock-frequency property. Check for the
> - * clock-frequency property and if found, set that rate if we managed
> - * to acquire a clock. This should cover the ACPI case. If the system
> - * uses devicetree then the configured rate should already be set, so
> - * we can just read it.
> - */
> - ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(dev_fwnode(dev), "clock-frequency",
> - &rate);
> - if (!ret && sensor->extclk) {
> - ret = clk_set_rate(sensor->extclk, rate);
> - if (ret) {
> - dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to set clock rate\n");
> - goto error_endpoint;
> - }
> - } else if (ret && !sensor->extclk) {
> - dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "invalid clock config\n");
> - goto error_endpoint;
> - }
> -
> - sensor->extclk_rate = rate ? rate : clk_get_rate(sensor->extclk);
> + sensor->extclk_rate = clk_get_rate(sensor->extclk);
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(supported_extclk_rates); i++) {
> if (sensor->extclk_rate == supported_extclk_rates[i])

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart