Hi Vladimir
On 2/22/2017 11:39 AM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> Hi Ramiro,
>
> On 02/22/2017 12:57 PM, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
>> Hi Vladimir
>>
>> On 2/21/2017 10:37 PM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>> Hi Sakari,
>>>
>>> On 02/21/2017 11:48 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>>> Hi, Vladimir!
>>>>
>>>> How do you do? :-)
>>>
>>> deferring execution of boring tasks by doing code review :)
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:48:09PM +0200, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>>>> Hi Ramiro,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/21/2017 10:13 PM, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Vladimir,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your feedback
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/21/2017 3:58 PM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Ramiro,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 02/17/2017 03:14 PM, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
>>>>>>>> Create device tree bindings documentation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ramiro Oliveira <roliveir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> .../devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>>> index 000000000000..31956426d3b9
>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
>>>>>>>> +Omnivision OV5647 raw image sensor
>>>>>>>> +---------------------------------
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +OV5647 is a raw image sensor with MIPI CSI-2 and CCP2 image data interfaces
>>>>>>>> +and CCI (I2C compatible) control bus.
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +Required properties:
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +- compatible : "ovti,ov5647".
>>>>>>>> +- reg : I2C slave address of the sensor.
>>>>>>>> +- clocks : Reference to the xclk clock.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is "xclk" clock a pixel clock or something else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's an external oscillator.
>>>>>
>>>>> hmm, I suppose a clock of any type could serve as a clock for the sensor.
>>>>> It can be an external oscillator on a particular board, or it can be
>>>>> something else on another board.
>>>>
>>>> Any clock source could be used I presume.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's exactly my point, and it is a reason to rename "xclk" to something
>>> more generic.
>>>
>>
>> xclk it's the name being used in the camera datasheet, but I can change it to
>> something more generic
>>
>
> Ah, if the name comes from the sensor datasheet, then it should be okay
> to keep it.
>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please describe what for does ov5647 sensor need this clock, what
>>>>> is its function?
>>>>
>>>> Camera modules (sensors) quite commonly require an external clock as they do
>>>> not have an oscillator on their own. A lot of devices under
>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ have similar properties.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, what should be a better replacement of "xclk" in the description above?
>>>
>>> E.g.
>>>
>>> - clocks : Phandle to a device supply clock.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +- clock-names : Should be "xclk".
>>>
>>> We got an agreement that "clock-names" property is removed, nevertheless
>>> if it is added back, is should not be "xclk".
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can remove this property, because there is only one source clock.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +- clock-frequency : Frequency of the xclk clock.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And after the last updates in the driver this property can be removed as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I'm still using clk_get_rate in the driver, if I remove the frequency here
>>>>>> the probing will fail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I doubt it, there should be no connection between a custom "clock-frequency"
>>>>> device tree property in a clock consumer device node and clk_get_rate() function
>>>>> from the CCF, which takes a clock provider as its argument.
>>>>
>>>> The purpose is to make sure the clock frequency is really usable for the
>>>> device, in this particular case the driver can work with one particular
>>>> frequency.
>>>>
>>>> That said, the driver does not appear to use the property at the moment. It
>>>> should.
>>>>
>>>> It'd be good to verify that the rate matches: clk_set_rate() is not
>>>> guaranteed to produce the requested clock rate, and the driver could
>>>> conceivably be updated with support for more frequencies. There are
>>>> typically a few frequencies that a SoC such a sensor is connected can
>>>> support, and 25 MHz is not one of the common frequencies. With this
>>>> property, the frequency would be always there explicitly.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can provide my arguments given at v8 review time again, since I don't
>>> see a contradiction with my older comments.
>>>
>>> Briefly "clock-frequency" as a device tree property on a consumer side
>>> can be considered as redundant, because there is a mechanism to specify
>>> a wanted clock frequency on a clock provider side right in a board DTB.
>>>
>>> So, the clock frequency set up is delegated to CCF, and when any other
>>> than 25 MHz frequencies are got supported, that's only the matter of
>>> driver updates, DTBs won't be touched.
>>>
>>
>> In the driver, I'm using this piece of code to check that the frequency is 25Mhz
>>
>> xclk_freq = clk_get_rate(sensor->xclk);
>> if (xclk_freq != 25000000) {
>> dev_err(dev, "Unsupported clock frequency: %u\n", xclk_freq);
>> return -EINVAL;
>> }
>>
>> So if I don't define it here the probing will fail. Do you have another
>> suggestion for this?
>>
>
> I don't completely understand, why does it fail? "clock-frequency" property
> is not a standard device node property on a clock consumer side, so, if we're
> still talking about v9 version of the driver, adding the property or removing
> it should have no effect.
>
> Let's consider the simplest possible situation, when "xclk" is actually
> a fixed rate 25MHz oscillator (the clock device node is "fixed-clock"
> compatible), for such a clock clk_get_rate() returns 25MHz rate, the assert
> has to be passed. In case of a more complex scenario please reference to
> clock-bindings.txt documentation, in particular please take a look at
> "assigned-clocks" and "assigned-clock-rates" properties.
>
You're right, I was forgetting about the frequency being defined in the fixed
clock declaration. I'll remove clock-frequency from the example.
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Best Regards
Ramiro Oliveira
Ramiro.Oliveira@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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