Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devicetree: Add video bus switch | From | Ivaylo Dimitrov <> | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:36:28 +0200 |
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Hi,
On 20.12.2017 19:54, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > Hi Pavel, > > On Saturday, 4 February 2017 23:56:10 EET Pavel Machek wrote: >> Hi! >> >>>>>> +Required properties >>>>>> +=================== >>>>>> + >>>>>> +compatible : must contain "video-bus-switch" >>>>> >>>>> How generic is this? Should we have e.g. nokia,video-bus-switch? And >>>>> if so, change the file name accordingly. >>>> >>>> Generic for "single GPIO controls the switch", AFAICT. But that should >>>> be common enough... >>> >>> Um, yes. Then... how about: video-bus-switch-gpio? No Nokia prefix. >> >> Ok, done. I also fixed the english a bit. >> >>>>>> +reg : The interface: >>>>>> + 0 - port for image signal processor >>>>>> + 1 - port for first camera sensor >>>>>> + 2 - port for second camera sensor >>>>> >>>>> I'd say this must be pretty much specific to the one in N900. You >>>>> could have more ports. Or you could say that ports beyond 0 are >>>>> camera sensors. I guess this is good enough for now though, it can be >>>>> changed later on with the source if a need arises. >>>> >>>> Well, I'd say that selecting between two sensors is going to be the >>>> common case. If someone needs more than two, it will no longer be >>>> simple GPIO, so we'll have some fixing to do. >>> >>> It could be two GPIOs --- that's how the GPIO I2C mux works. >>> >>> But I'd be surprised if someone ever uses something like that >>> again. ;-) >> >> I'd say.. lets handle that when we see hardware like that. >> >>>>> Btw. was it still considered a problem that the endpoint properties >>>>> for the sensors can be different? With the g_routing() pad op which is >>>>> to be added, the ISP driver (should actually go to a framework >>>>> somewhere) could parse the graph and find the proper endpoint there. >>>> >>>> I don't know about g_routing. I added g_endpoint_config method that >>>> passes the configuration, and that seems to work for me. >>>> >>>> I don't see g_routing in next-20170201 . Is there place to look? >>> >>> I think there was a patch by Laurent to LMML quite some time ago. I >>> suppose that set will be repicked soonish. >>> >>> I don't really object using g_endpoint_config() as a temporary solution; >>> I'd like to have Laurent's opinion on that though. Another option is to >>> wait, but we've already waited a looong time (as in total). >> >> Laurent, do you have some input here? We have simple "2 cameras >> connected to one signal processor" situation here. We need some way of >> passing endpoint configuration from the sensors through the switch. I >> did this: > > Could you give me a bit more information about the platform you're targeting: > how the switch is connected, what kind of switch it is, and what endpoint
http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/hardware/n900/n900.schematics.pdf, on page 2, see N5801 and N5802.
> configuration data you need ? > >>>> @@ -415,6 +416,8 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops { >>>> const struct v4l2_mbus_config *cfg); >>>> int (*s_rx_buffer)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, void *buf, >>>> unsigned int *size); >>>> + int (*g_endpoint_config)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, >>>> + struct v4l2_of_endpoint *cfg); >> >> Google of g_routing tells me: >> >> 9) Highly reconfigurable hardware - Julien Beraud >> >> - 44 sub-devices connected with an interconnect. >> - As long as formats match, any sub-device could be connected to any >> - other sub-device through a link. >> - The result is 44 * 44 links at worst. >> - A switch sub-device proposed as the solution to model the >> - interconnect. The sub-devices are connected to the switch >> - sub-devices through the hardware links that connect to the >> - interconnect. >> - The switch would be controlled through new IOCTLs S_ROUTING and >> - G_ROUTING. >> - Patches available: >> http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/pinchartl/media.git/log/?h=xilinx-wip >> >> but the patches are from 2005. So I guess I'll need some guidance here... > > You made me feel very old for a moment. The patches are from 2015 :-) > >>> I'll reply to the other patch containing the code. >
Regards, Ivo
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