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SubjectRe: [PATCH 18/18] ipu3: Add driver for dummy INT3472 ACPI device
Hi Laurent,

On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 01:32:32AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 10:07:19PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 01:31:29PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
> > > On platforms where ACPI is designed for use with Windows, resources
> > > that are intended to be consumed by sensor devices are sometimes in
> > > the _CRS of a dummy INT3472 device upon which the sensor depends. This
> > > driver binds to the dummy acpi device (which does not represent a
> >
> > acpi device -> acpi_device
> >
> > > physical PMIC) and maps them into GPIO lines and regulators for use by
> > > the sensor device instead.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > This patch contains the bits of this process that we're least sure about.
> > > The sensors in scope for this work are called out as dependent (in their
> > > DSDT entry's _DEP) on a device with _HID INT3472. These come in at least
> > > 2 kinds; those with an I2cSerialBusV2 entry (which we presume therefore
> > > are legitimate tps68470 PMICs that need handling by those drivers - work
> > > on that in the future). And those without an I2C device. For those without
> > > an I2C device they instead have an array of GPIO pins defined in _CRS. So
> > > for example, my Lenovo Miix 510's OVTI2680 sensor is dependent on one of
> > > the _latter_ kind of INT3472 devices, with this _CRS:
> > >
> > > Method (_CRS, 0, NotSerialized) // _CRS: Current Resource Settings
> > > {
> > > Name (SBUF, ResourceTemplate ()
> > > {
> > > GpioIo (Exclusive, PullDefault, 0x0000, 0x0000,
> > > IoRestrictionOutputOnly, "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0",
> > > 0x00, ResourceConsumer, ,
> > > )
> > > { // Pin list
> > > 0x0079
> > > }
> > > GpioIo (Exclusive, PullDefault, 0x0000, 0x0000,
> > > IoRestrictionOutputOnly, "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0",
> > > 0x00, ResourceConsumer, ,
> > > )
> > > { // Pin list
> > > 0x007A
> > > }
> > > GpioIo (Exclusive, PullDefault, 0x0000, 0x0000,
> > > IoRestrictionOutputOnly, "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0",
> > > 0x00, ResourceConsumer, ,
> > > )
> > > { // Pin list
> > > 0x008F
> > > }
> > > })
> > > Return (SBUF) /* \_SB_.PCI0.PMI1._CRS.SBUF */
> > > }
> > >
> > > and the same device has a _DSM Method, which returns 32-bit ints where
> > > the second lowest byte we noticed to match the pin numbers of the GPIO
> > > lines:
> > >
> > > Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
> > > {
> > > If ((Arg0 == ToUUID ("79234640-9e10-4fea-a5c1-b5aa8b19756f")))
> > > {
> > > If ((Arg2 == One))
> > > {
> > > Return (0x03)
> > > }
> > >
> > > If ((Arg2 == 0x02))
> > > {
> > > Return (0x01007900)
> > > }
> > >
> > > If ((Arg2 == 0x03))
> > > {
> > > Return (0x01007A0C)
> > > }
> > >
> > > If ((Arg2 == 0x04))
> > > {
> > > Return (0x01008F01)
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > Return (Zero)
> > > }
> > >
> > > We know that at least some of those pins have to be toggled active for the
> > > sensor devices to be available in i2c, so the conclusion we came to was
> > > that those GPIO entries assigned to the INT3472 device actually represent
> > > GPIOs and regulators to be consumed by the sensors themselves. Tsuchiya
> > > noticed that the lowest byte in the return values of the _DSM method
> > > seemed to represent the type or function of the GPIO line, and we
> > > confirmed that by testing on each surface device that GPIO lines where the
> > > low byte in the _DSM entry for that pin was 0x0d controlled the privacy
> > > LED of the cameras.
> > >
> > > We're guessing as to the exact meaning of the function byte, but I
> > > conclude they're something like this:
> > >
> > > 0x00 - probably a reset GPIO
> > > 0x01 - regulator for the sensor
> > > 0x0c - regulator for the sensor
> > > 0x0b - regulator again, but for a VCM or EEPROM
> > > 0x0d - privacy led (only one we're totally confident of since we can see
> > > it happen!)
> >
> > It's solely Windows driver design...
> > Luckily I found some information and can clarify above table:
> >
> > 0x00 Reset
> > 0x01 Power down
> > 0x0b Power enable
> > 0x0c Clock enable
> > 0x0d LED (active high)
>
> That's very useful information ! Thank you.
>
> > The above text perhaps should go somewhere under Documentation.
>
> Or in the driver source code, but definitely somewhere else than in the
> commit message.
>
> > > After much internal debate I decided to write this as a standalone
> > > acpi_driver. Alternative options we considered:
> > >
> > > 1. Squash all this into the cio2-bridge code, which I did originally write
> > > but decided I didn't like.
> > > 2. Extend the existing tps68470 mfd driver...they share an ACPI ID so this
> > > kinda makes sense, but ultimately given there is no actual physical
> > > tps68470 in the scenario this patch handles I decided I didn't like this
> > > either.
> >
> > Looking to this I think the best is to create a module that can be consumed by tps68470 and separately.
> > So, something near to it rather than under ipu3 hood.
> >
> > You may use same ID's in both drivers (in PMIC less case it can be simple
> > platform and thus they won't conflict), but both of them should provide GPIO
> > resources for consumption.
> >
> > So, something like
> >
> > tps68470.h with API to consume
> > split tps68470 to -core, -i2c parts
> > add int3472, which will serve for above and be standalone platform driver
> > update cio2-bridge accordingly
> >
> > Would it be feasible?
>
> Given that INT3472 means Intel camera power management device (that's
> more or less the wording in Windows, I can double-check), would the
> following make sense ?
>
> A top-level module named intel-camera-pmic (or int3472, or ...) would
> register two drivers, a platform driver and an I2C driver, to
> accommodate for both cases ("discrete PMIC" that doesn't have an
> I2cSerialBusV2, and TPS64870 or uP6641Q that are I2C devices). The probe
> function would perform the following:
>
> - If there's no CLDB, then the device uses the Chrome OS "ACPI
> bindings", and refers to a TPS64870. The code that exists in the
> kernel today (registering GPIOs, and registering an OpRegion to
> communicate with the power management code in the DSDT) would be
> activated.
>
> - If there's a CLDB, then the device type would be retrieved from it:
>
> - If the device is a "discrete PMIC", the driver would register clocks
> and regulators controlled by GPIOs, and create clock, regulator and
> GPIO lookup entries for the sensor device that references the PMIC.
>
> - If the device is a TPS64870, the code that exists in the kernel
> today to register GPIOs would be activated, and new code would need
> to be written to register regulators and clocks.
>
> - If the device is a uP6641Q, a new driver will need to be written (I
> don't know on which devices this PMIC is used, so this can probably
> be deferred).
>
> We can split this in multiple files and/or modules.

That's what I thought of, too, as one option, but with some more detail.
This would be indeed the cleanest option.

I think it'd be nice if the CLDB stuff (apart from checking whether it's
there) would be in a different module to avoid cluttering up the real
tps68470 driver.

--
Regards,

Sakari Ailus

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