Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] [media] dt-bindings: Document BCM283x CSI2/CCP2 receiver

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Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Rob
>>>
>>> On 27 September 2017 at 22:51, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 05:07:22PM +0100, Dave Stevenson wrote:
>>>>> Hi Stefan
>>>>>
>>>>> On 22 September 2017 at 07:45, Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Dave,
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 20. September 2017 um 18:07 geschrieben:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Document the DT bindings for the CSI2/CCP2 receiver peripheral
>>>>> >> (known as Unicam) on BCM283x SoCs.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >> ---
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Changes since v2
>>>>> >> - Removed all references to Linux drivers.
>>>>> >> - Reworded section about disabling the firmware driver.
>>>>> >> - Renamed clock from "lp_clock" to "lp" in description and example.
>>>>> >> - Referred to video-interfaces.txt and stated requirements on remote-endpoint
>>>>> >>   and data-lanes.
>>>>> >> - Corrected typo in example from csi to csi1.
>>>>> >> - Removed unnecessary #address-cells and #size-cells in example.
>>>>> >> - Removed setting of status from the example.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>  .../devicetree/bindings/media/bcm2835-unicam.txt   | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> >>  1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)
>>>>> >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/bcm2835-unicam.txt
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/bcm2835-unicam.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/bcm2835-unicam.txt
>>>>> >> new file mode 100644
>>>>> >> index 0000000..7714fb3
>>>>> >> --- /dev/null
>>>>> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/bcm2835-unicam.txt
>>>>> >> @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
>>>>> >> +Broadcom BCM283x Camera Interface (Unicam)
>>>>> >> +------------------------------------------
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +The Unicam block on BCM283x SoCs is the receiver for either
>>>>> >> +CSI-2 or CCP2 data from image sensors or similar devices.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +The main platform using this SoC is the Raspberry Pi family of boards.
>>>>> >> +On the Pi the VideoCore firmware can also control this hardware block,
>>>>> >> +and driving it from two different processors will cause issues.
>>>>> >> +To avoid this, the firmware checks the device tree configuration
>>>>> >> +during boot. If it finds device tree nodes called csi0 or csi1 then
>>>>> >> +it will stop the firmware accessing the block, and it can then
>>>>> >> +safely be used via the device tree binding.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +Required properties:
>>>>> >> +===================
>>>>> >> +- compatible : must be "brcm,bcm2835-unicam".
>>>>> >> +- reg                : physical base address and length of the register sets for the
>>>>> >> +               device.
>>>>> >> +- interrupts : should contain the IRQ line for this Unicam instance.
>>>>> >> +- clocks     : list of clock specifiers, corresponding to entries in
>>>>> >> +               clock-names property.
>>>>> >> +- clock-names        : must contain an "lp" entry, matching entries in the
>>>>> >> +               clocks property.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +Unicam supports a single port node. It should contain one 'port' child node
>>>>> >> +with child 'endpoint' node. Please refer to the bindings defined in
>>>>> >> +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +Within the endpoint node the "remote-endpoint" and "data-lanes" properties
>>>>> >> +are mandatory.
>>>>> >> +Data lane reordering is not supported so the data lanes must be in order,
>>>>> >> +starting at 1. The number of data lanes should represent the number of
>>>>> >> +usable lanes for the hardware block. That may be limited by either the SoC or
>>>>> >> +how the platform presents the interface, and the lower value must be used.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +Lane reordering is not supported on the clock lane either, so the optional
>>>>> >> +property "clock-lane" will implicitly be <0>.
>>>>> >> +Similarly lane inversion is not supported, therefore "lane-polarities" will
>>>>> >> +implicitly be <0 0 0 0 0>.
>>>>> >> +Neither of these values will be checked.
>>>>> >> +
>>>>> >> +Example:
>>>>> >> +     csi1: csi1@7e801000 {
>>>>> >> +             compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-unicam";
>>>>> >> +             reg = <0x7e801000 0x800>,
>>>>> >> +                   <0x7e802004 0x4>;
>>>>> >
>>>>> > sorry, i didn't noticed this before. I'm afraid this is using a small range of the CMI. Are there possible other users of this range? Does it make sense to handle this by a separate clock driver?
>>>>>
>>>>> CMI (Clock Manager Image) consists of a total of 4 registers.
>>>>> 0x7e802000 is CMI_CAM0, with only bits 0-5 used for gating and
>>>>> inversion of the clock and data lanes (2 data lanes available on
>>>>> CAM0).
>>>>> 0x7e802004 is CMI_CAM1, with only bits 0-9 used for gating and
>>>>> inversion of the clock and data lanes (4 data lanes available on
>>>>> CAM1).
>>>>> 0x7e802008 is CMI_CAMTEST which I have no documentation or drivers for.
>>>>> 0x7e802010 is CMI_USBCTL. Only bit 6 is documented and is a reset. The
>>>>> default value is the required value. Nothing touches it that I can
>>>>> find.
>>>>>
>>>>> The range listed only covers the one register associated with that
>>>>> Unicam instance, so no other users. The other two aren't touched.
>>>>> Do 16 active register bits solely for camera clock gating really
>>>>> warrant a full clock driver?
>>>>
>>>> You should describe all the registers in DT, not just what the driver
>>>> (currently) uses.
>>>
>>> I'm not clear what you're asking for here.
>>>
>>> This binding is for the Unicam block, not for CMI (Clock Manager
>>> Imaging). In order for a Unicam instance to work, it needs to enable
>>> the relevant clock gating via 1 CMI register, and it will only ever be
>>> one register.
>>
>> Rob, the CMI just a small bit of glue required by the crossing of a
>> power domain in a unicam instance, and the two unicam instances in this
>> HW have their CMI regs next to each other.  It's not really a separate
>> block, and I think describing the unicam's CMI reg in the unicam binding
>> is appropriate.
>>
>> What would you need from Dave to ack this binding?
>
> Sorry, had started to reply on this and got distracted.
>
> I guess since there seems to be only 1 other bit that could possibly
> be used (CMI_USBCTL) it is fine like this. However, my concern would
> be if the CMI registers are integrated in a different way in some
> future chip that has the same unicam instances. Or just if the
> register bits are rearranged. Those are not an uncommon occurrence.
> You would have to provide access to those registers in some other way.
> It can be dealt with, but then you have to support both cases in the
> driver. If you all are fine with that, then:

The bigisland chips match bcm2835.  For capri the lane enables are
shifted down by two and the clock is up at bit 20.  That would be
trivial to handle based on the compatible string, except that we can't
talk to capri's hardware from ARM anyway :(

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