Re: [PATCH 1/2] media: dt-bindings: media: i2c: Add ST VGXY61 camera sensor binding

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hello,

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 03:13:11PM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:25:38PM +0100, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
> > On 10/03/2022 16:38, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 at 13:37, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Add device tree binding for the ST VGXY61 camera sensor, and update
> > >> MAINTAINERS file.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> ---
> > >>  .../bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml      | 134 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  10 ++
> > >>  2 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
> > >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml
> > >> new file mode 100644
> > >> index 000000000000..8740ed2623e4
> > >> --- /dev/null
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml
> > >> @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
> > >> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > >> +# Copyright (c) 2022 STMicroelectronics SA.
> > >> +%YAML 1.2
> > >> +---
> > >> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.yaml#
> > >> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > >> +
> > >> +title: STMicroelectronics VGxy61 HDR Global Shutter Sensor Family Device Tree Bindings
> > >> +
> > >> +maintainers:
> > >> +  - Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> +  - Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> +
> > >> +description: |-
> > >> +  STMicroelectronics VGxy61 family has a CSI-2 output port. CSI-2 output is a
> > >> +  quad lanes 800Mbps per lane.
> > >> +  Supported formats are RAW8, RAW10, RAW12, RAW14 and RAW16.
> > >> +  Following part number are supported
> > >> +  - VG5661 and VG6661 are 1.6 Mpx (1464 x 1104) monochrome and color sensors.
> > >> +  Maximum frame rate is 75 fps.
> > >> +  - VG5761 and VG6761 are 2.3 Mpx (1944 x 1204) monochrome and color sensors.
> > >> +  Maximum frame rate is 60 fps.
> > >> +
> > >> +properties:
> > >> +  compatible:
> > >> +    const: st,st-vgxy61
> > >> +
> > >> +  reg:
> > >> +    maxItems: 1
> > >> +
> > >> +  clocks:
> > >> +    maxItems: 1
> > >> +
> > >> +  clock-names:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      Input clock for the sensor.
> > >> +    items:
> > >> +      - const: xclk
> 
> Do you need this if you have a single clock?
> 
> Also see Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst .
> 
> > >> +
> > >> +  VCORE-supply:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      Sensor digital core supply. Must be 1.2 volts.
> > >> +
> > >> +  VDDIO-supply:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      Sensor digital IO supply. Must be 1.8 volts.
> > >> +
> > >> +  VANA-supply:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      Sensor analog supply. Must be 2.8 volts.
> > >> +
> > >> +  reset-gpios:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      Reference to the GPIO connected to the reset pin, if any.
> > >> +      This is an active low signal to the vgxy61.
> > >> +
> > >> +  invert-gpios-polarity:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      If gpios polarity should be inversed
> > > 
> > > s/inversed/inverted
> > > 
> > 
> > Ok.
> > 
> > >> +    type: boolean
> > >> +
> > >> +  slave-mode:
> > >> +    description:
> > >> +      If the sensor operates in slave mode
> > >> +    type: boolean
> > > 
> > > This is one I've been meaning to raise for a while.
> > > Is DT the correct place to be configuring hardware sync options for
> > > image sensors? (There may be the linguistic discussions over master /
> > > slave terminology too).
> > > We also have IMX477 and a number of other sensors that support
> > > external sync control of some form.
> > > 
> > > As I see it, there are nominally 3 settings - disabled (reduces EMC
> > > noise), generate syncs, and receive syncs.
> > > For test purposes it would be useful to be able to switch between
> > > generate and receive modes at runtime, so that would make it a control
> > > instead of being fixed in DT.
> > > 
> > > If it should be configured in DT, then how does ACPI need to handle it?
> > > 
> > > If DT is the correct place to define the role, should it be in
> > > video-interfaces.yaml as an optional property, instead of being a
> > > sensor specific binding?
> > > 
> > > Sorry, more questions rather than answers.
> > > 
> > >   Dave
> > 
> > Maybe I can provide additional info on this sensor to help find an
> > answer. The "slave mode" has 2 settings: enabled or disabled. If disabled
> > you are in master mode ('generate sync' and 'disabled' modes Dave
> > mentionned, they are the same here), and if enabled you are in slave mode
> > ('receive sync'). As you said he master sends frame sync signals to the
> > slave each frame acquired, this allows both sensors to synchronize
> > themselves.
> > 
> > I put this in the device tree as we only use it for 3D stereocam boards
> > which already have 2 sensors on them, meaning this is hardware specific.
> > I don't have any use case where we manually wire 2 sensors on 2 separate
> > boards. One good point you mentioned is that I may not always want run
> > this board in master/slaver, and both sensors could run on master mode
> > without interacting with each other, thus justifying a dedicated v4l2
> > control.
> > 
> > Any ideas on how to name it instead of "slave mode" for coherency between
> > sensors?
> 
> How is this wired? The slave-mode property documentation explicitly refers
> to synchronisation signals that do not exists in CSI-2.

What is slave mode in this case ? Does it only mean that the sensor is
externally triggered, or is there something else ? For parallel
interfaces with H/V sync there's a possibility of the H/V sync signals
being inputs instead of outputs, but that's not applicable to CSI-2.

> > >> +    #TODO check all this or copy from elsewhere
> > 
> > Just noticed this and will remove it.
> > 
> > >> +  port:
> > >> +    $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/$defs/port-base
> > >> +    additionalProperties: false
> > >> +
> > >> +    properties:
> > >> +      endpoint:
> > >> +        $ref: /schemas/media/video-interfaces.yaml#
> > >> +        unevaluatedProperties: false
> > >> +
> > >> +        properties:
> > >> +          clock-lane:
> > >> +            description:
> > >> +              Clock lane index
> > >> +            maxItems: 1
> 
> Does the device support lane reordering? If not, please drop.
> 
> > >> +
> > >> +          data-lanes:
> > >> +            description:
> > >> +              CSI lanes to use
> > >> +            items:
> > >> +              - const: 1
> > >> +              - const: 2
> > >> +              - const: 3
> > >> +              - const: 4
> 
> Which lane configurations does the device support? If it's four lanes only,
> then you can drop this property, too.
> 
> > >> +
> > >> +          remote-endpoint: true
> > >> +
> > >> +        required:
> > >> +          - clock-lane
> > >> +          - data-lanes
> > >> +          - remote-endpoint
> 
> Listing remote-endpoint here isn't needed as this comes from the schema.
> 
> > >> +
> > >> +required:
> > >> +  - compatible
> > >> +  - clocks
> > >> +  - clock-names
> > >> +  - VCORE-supply
> > >> +  - VDDIO-supply
> > >> +  - VANA-supply
> > >> +
> > >> +additionalProperties: false
> > >> +
> > >> +examples:
> > >> +  - |
> > >> +    #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
> > >> +    i2c {
> > >> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> > >> +        #size-cells = <0>;
> > >> +        vgxy61: csi2tx@10 {
> > >> +            compatible = "st,st-vgxy61";
> > >> +            reg = <0x10>;
> > >> +            status = "okay";
> > >> +            clocks = <&clk_ext_camera>;
> > >> +            clock-names = "xclk";
> > >> +            VCORE-supply = <&v1v2>;
> > >> +            VDDIO-supply = <&v1v8>;
> > >> +            VANA-supply = <&v2v8>;
> > >> +            reset-gpios = <&mfxgpio 18 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > >> +            port {
> > >> +                ep0: endpoint {
> > >> +                    clock-lane = <0>;
> > >> +                    data-lanes = <1 2 3 4>;
> > >> +                    remote-endpoint = <&mipi_csi2_out>;
> > >> +                };
> > >> +            };
> > >> +        };
> > >> +    };
> > >> +...
> > >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > >> index 83d27b57016f..f358d15f68a0 100644
> > >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > >> @@ -18297,6 +18297,16 @@ S:     Maintained
> > >>  F:     Documentation/hwmon/stpddc60.rst
> > >>  F:     drivers/hwmon/pmbus/stpddc60.c
> > >>
> > >> +ST VGXY61 DRIVER
> > >> +M:     Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> +M:     Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> +L:     linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> +S:     Maintained
> > >> +T:     git git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git
> > >> +F:     Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-vgxy61.txt
> > >> +F:     drivers/media/i2c/st-vgxy61.c
> > >> +
> 
> Extra newline.
> 
> > >> +
> > >>  ST VL53L0X ToF RANGER(I2C) IIO DRIVER
> > >>  M:     Song Qiang <songqiang1304521@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >>  L:     linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Input]     [Video for Linux]     [Gstreamer Embedded]     [Mplayer Users]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Yosemite Backpacking]

  Powered by Linux