[PATCH v4 00/36] i.MX Media Driver

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:39:11AM +0100, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 22:57 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 02:27:41PM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 02/16/2017 02:20 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > >On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 06:19:02PM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> > > >>In version 4:
> > > >
> > > >With this version, I get:
> > > >
> > > >[28762.892053] imx6-mipi-csi2: LP-11 timeout, phy_state = 0x00000000
> > > >[28762.899409] ipu1_csi0: pipeline_set_stream failed with -110
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Right, in the imx219, on exit from s_power(), the clock and data lanes
> > > must be placed in the LP-11 state. This has been done in the ov5640 and
> > > tc358743 subdevs.
> > 
> > The only way to do that is to enable streaming from the sensor, wait
> > an initialisation time, and then disable streaming, and wait for the
> > current line to finish.  There is _no_ other way to get the sensor to
> > place its clock and data lines into LP-11 state.
> 
> I thought going through LP-11 is part of the D-PHY transmitter
> initialization, during the LP->HS wakeup sequence. But then I have no
> access to MIPI specs.

The D-PHY transmitter initialisation *only* happens as part of the
wake-up from standby to streaming mode.  That is because Sony expect
that you program the sensor, and then when you switch it to streaming
mode, it computes the D-PHY parameters from the PLL, input clock rate
(you have to tell it the clock rate in 1/256 MHz units), number of
lanes, and other parameters.

It is possible to program the D-PHY parameters manually, but that
doesn't change the above sequence in any way (it just avoids the
chip computing the values, it doesn't result in any change of
behaviour on the bus.)

The IMX219 specifications are clear: the clock and data lines are
held low (LP-00 state) after releasing the hardware enable signal.
There's a period of chip initialisation, and then you can access the
I2C bus and configure it.  There's a further period of initialisation
where charge pumps are getting to their operating state.  Then, you
set the streaming bit, and a load more initialisation happens before
the CSI bus enters LP-11 state and the first frame pops out.  When
entering standby, the last frame is completed, and then the CSI bus
enters LP-11 state.

SMIA are slightly different - mostly following what I've said above,
but the clock and data lines are tristated after releasing the
xshutdown signal, and they remain tristated until the clock line
starts toggling before the first frame appears.  There appears to
be no point that the clock line enters LP-11 state before it starts
toggling.  When entering standby, the last frame is completed, and
the CSI bus enters tristate mode (so floating.)  There is no way to
get these sensors into LP-11 state.

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