[PATCH v14 00/18] media: rockchip: add a driver for the rockchip camera interface

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Michael,

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 02:51:29PM +0200, Michael Riesch via B4 Relay wrote:
> Habidere,
> 
> This series introduces support for the Rockchip Camera Interface (CIF),
> which is featured in many Rockchip SoCs in different variations.
> For example, the PX30 Video Input Processor (VIP) is able to receive
> video data via the Digital Video Port (DVP, a parallel data interface)
> and transfer it into system memory using a double-buffering mechanism
> called ping-pong mode.
> The RK3568 Video Capture (VICAP) unit, on the other hand, features a
> DVP and a MIPI CSI-2 receiver that can receive video data independently
> (both using the ping-pong scheme).
> The different variants may have additional features, such as scaling
> and/or cropping.
> Finally, the RK3588 VICAP unit constitutes an essential piece of the
> camera interface with one DVP, six MIPI CSI-2 receivers, scale/crop
> units, and a data path multiplexer (to scaler units, to ISP, ...).

I understand both RK3568 and RK3588 include an ISP. Do you have insight on
how would this work, should the support for the ISP be added later on?

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Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus