Hi Sakari, On 9/22/22 6:06 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote: > Hi Greg, others, > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 05:02:40PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 04:54:53PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>> For the time being, I agree with your recommendation to not buy these >>> devices if you care about camera support. >> >> I second this, don't buy these devices if the vendor is not willing to >> get their drivers upstreamed properly. > > I can now confirm that IPU6 driver upstreaming is now planned, with IPU6 > input system driver to be upstreamed first. The intent is that we would > have patches for review on LMML around the end of the year. Is there any update on IPU6 driver? Probably it hasn't been sent upstream yet? > > The processing system driver will need more work to replace the custom > interface. For a fully functional camera stack, also libcamera support for > IPU6 will be needed. > > I think I can say a major factor for why we're here is that the original > intent was to use a different interface for upstream but as we don't have > one yet and probably won't for quite some time, this doesn't really seem > like a viable option anymore. > > So I'm afraid I can't promise a quick fix but at the same time I can say > work is being done to address this. > -- BR, Muhammad Usama Anjum
