Re: [PATCH] imx-mipi-csis: Get the number of active lanes from mbus_config

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Fri Aug 15 2025 - 05:27:08 EST


Hi Isaac,

Thanks for the patch.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 12:37:01PM +0100, Isaac Scott wrote:
> Although 4 lanes may be physically available, we may not be using all of
> them. Get the number of configured lanes in the case a driver has
> implemented the get_mbus_config op.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaac Scott <isaac.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Currently, the imx-mipi-csis driver parses the device tree to determine
> the number of configured lanes for the CSI receiver. This may be
> incorrect in the case that the connected device only uses a subset of
> lanes, for example. Allow the drivers for these cameras to create a
> mbus_config to configure the number of lanes that are actually being
> used.
>
> If the driver does not support the get_mbus_config op, this patch will
> have no functional change.
>
> Compile tested against media-master (v6.17-rc1)
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> index 2beb5f43c2c0..efe4e2ad0382 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-mipi-csis.c
> @@ -939,6 +939,43 @@ static struct mipi_csis_device *sd_to_mipi_csis_device(struct v4l2_subdev *sdev)
> return container_of(sdev, struct mipi_csis_device, sd);
> }
>
> +static int mipi_csis_get_active_lanes(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
> +{
> + struct mipi_csis_device *csis = sd_to_mipi_csis_device(sd);
> + struct v4l2_mbus_config mbus_config = { 0 };
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = v4l2_subdev_call(csis->source.sd, pad, get_mbus_config,
> + 0, &mbus_config);
> + if (ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
> + dev_dbg(csis->dev, "No remote mbus configuration available\n");
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_err(csis->dev, "Failed to get remote mbus configuration\n");
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + if (mbus_config.type != V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_DPHY) {
> + dev_err(csis->dev, "Unsupported media bus type %u\n",
> + mbus_config.type);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + if (mbus_config.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes > csis->bus.num_data_lanes) {
> + dev_err(csis->dev,
> + "Unsupported mbus config: too many data lanes %u\n",
> + mbus_config.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + csis->bus.num_data_lanes = mbus_config.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes;
> + dev_dbg(csis->dev, "Number of lanes: %d\n", csis->bus.num_data_lanes);

None of the above is really specific to this driver. Could you instead
implement a function that parses the information from the fwnode endpoint
and uses mbus configuration on top?

The function could take struct media_pad pointer as an argument, or struct
v4l2_subdev pointer and the pad number.

I wonder if any other parameters could change dynamically but I can't think
of that now, so perhaps just the number of lanes is what the function
should indeed return.

> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int mipi_csis_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
> {
> struct mipi_csis_device *csis = sd_to_mipi_csis_device(sd);
> @@ -965,6 +1002,10 @@ static int mipi_csis_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
> format = v4l2_subdev_state_get_format(state, CSIS_PAD_SINK);
> csis_fmt = find_csis_format(format->code);
>
> + ret = mipi_csis_get_active_lanes(sd);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + dev_dbg(csis->dev, "Failed to get active lanes: %d", ret);
> +
> ret = mipi_csis_calculate_params(csis, csis_fmt);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto err_unlock;

--
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus