[PATCH v2 07/66] dt-bindings: media: sun6i-a31-csi: Add MIPI CSI-2 input port

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Fri Feb 11 12:56:28 PST 2022


On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 05:10:06PM +0100, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> On Mon 07 Feb 22, 18:03, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > Thank you for the patch.
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 07:53:30PM +0100, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> > > The A31 CSI controller supports two distinct input interfaces:
> > > parallel and an external MIPI CSI-2 bridge. The parallel interface
> > > is often connected to a set of hardware pins while the MIPI CSI-2
> > > bridge is an internal FIFO-ish link. As a result, these two inputs
> > > are distinguished as two different ports.
> > > 
> > > Note that only one of the two may be present on a controller instance.
> > > For example, the V3s has one controller dedicated to MIPI-CSI2 and one
> > > dedicated to parallel.
> > 
> > Is it that only one of the two is present, or only one of the two is
> > connected ? In the latter case I'd make both ports required, but with
> > only one of them connected.
> 
> There are situations where the actual pins for parallel (port at 0) are missing
> and the controller is dedicated to its mipi csi-2 bridge (port at 1), cases where
> the two are present and cases where the mipi csi-2 bridge doesn't exist.
> So all in all it's really legit that only one port may be defined.

The port could still exist internally in the IP core though. Of course
that's hard to tell.

> > > Update the binding with an explicit ports node that holds two distinct
> > > port nodes: one for parallel input and one for MIPI CSI-2.
> > > 
> > > This is backward-compatible with the single-port approach that was
> > > previously taken for representing the parallel interface port, which
> > > stays enumerated as fwnode port 0.
> > > 
> > > Note that additional ports may be added in the future, especially to
> > > support feeding the CSI controller's output to the ISP.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski at bootlin.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> > > Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > >  .../media/allwinner,sun6i-a31-csi.yaml        | 60 +++++++++++++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/allwinner,sun6i-a31-csi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/allwinner,sun6i-a31-csi.yaml
> > > index 8b568072a069..3cc61866ea89 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/allwinner,sun6i-a31-csi.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/allwinner,sun6i-a31-csi.yaml
> > > @@ -61,6 +61,34 @@ properties:
> > >  
> > >      additionalProperties: false
> > >  
> > > +  ports:
> > > +    $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> > > +
> > > +    properties:
> > > +      port at 0:
> > > +        $ref: "#/properties/port"
> > > +        unevaluatedProperties: false
> > > +
> > > +      port at 1:
> > > +        $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/$defs/port-base
> > > +        description: MIPI CSI-2 bridge input port
> > > +
> > > +        properties:
> > > +          reg:
> > > +            const: 1
> > > +
> > > +          endpoint:
> > > +            $ref: video-interfaces.yaml#
> > > +            unevaluatedProperties: false
> > > +
> > > +        additionalProperties: false
> > > +
> > > +    anyOf:
> > > +      - required:
> > > +        - port at 0
> > > +      - required:
> > > +        - port at 1
> > > +
> > >  required:
> > >    - compatible
> > >    - reg
> > 
> > Shouldn't you specify that either port or ports is required, but not
> > both ? I'd also add a comment in the port node to tell it's deprecated,
> > and that ports should be used instead.
> 
> Yes I agree on both points. I guess that should be a:
> 
> oneOf:
>   - required:
>     - ports
>   - required:
>     - port
> 
> (but feel free to correct me).
> 
> > > @@ -89,19 +117,25 @@ examples:
> > >                        "ram";
> > >          resets = <&ccu RST_BUS_CSI>;
> > >  
> > > -        port {
> > > -            /* Parallel bus endpoint */
> > > -            csi1_ep: endpoint {
> > > -                remote-endpoint = <&adv7611_ep>;
> > > -                bus-width = <16>;
> > > -
> > > -                /*
> > > -                 * If hsync-active/vsync-active are missing,
> > > -                 * embedded BT.656 sync is used.
> > > -                 */
> > > -                 hsync-active = <0>; /* Active low */
> > > -                 vsync-active = <0>; /* Active low */
> > > -                 pclk-sample = <1>;  /* Rising */
> > > +        ports {
> > > +            #address-cells = <1>;
> > > +            #size-cells = <0>;
> > > +
> > > +            port at 0 {
> > > +                reg = <0>;
> > > +                /* Parallel bus endpoint */
> > > +                csi1_ep: endpoint {
> > > +                    remote-endpoint = <&adv7611_ep>;
> > > +                    bus-width = <16>;
> > > +
> > > +                    /*
> > > +                     * If hsync-active/vsync-active are missing,
> > > +                     * embedded BT.656 sync is used.
> > > +                     */
> > > +                     hsync-active = <0>; /* Active low */
> > > +                     vsync-active = <0>; /* Active low */
> > > +                     pclk-sample = <1>;  /* Rising */
> > 
> > Wrong indentation.
> 
> The double-space before /* Rising */ or something with the heading indent?

The heading has one extra space for all three lines, they should be
aligned to the / of /*, not to the *.

> > > +                };
> > >              };
> > >          };
> > >      };

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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