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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 1/3] media: dt-bindings: ov8856: Document YAML bindings
Hey Maxime,

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 11:34, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 02:27:36AM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:10:00PM +0200, Robert Foss wrote:
> > > Hey Maxime,
> > >
> > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 10:07, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 03:33:44PM +0200, Robert Foss wrote:
> > > > > From: Dongchun Zhu <dongchun.zhu@mediatek.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch adds documentation of device tree in YAML schema for the
> > > > > OV8856 CMOS image sensor.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Dongchun Zhu <dongchun.zhu@mediatek.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@linaro.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >
> > > > > - Changes since v5:
> > > > > * Add assigned-clocks and assigned-clock-rates
> > > > > * robher: dt-schema errors
> > > > >
> > > > > - Changes since v4:
> > > > > * Fabio: Change reset-gpio to GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW, explain in description
> > > > > * Add clock-lanes property to example
> > > > > * robher: Fix syntax error in devicetree example
> > > > >
> > > > > - Changes since v3:
> > > > > * robher: Fix syntax error
> > > > > * robher: Removed maxItems
> > > > > * Fixes yaml 'make dt-binding-check' errors
> > > > >
> > > > > - Changes since v2:
> > > > > Fixes comments from from Andy, Tomasz, Sakari, Rob.
> > > > > * Convert text documentation to YAML schema.
> > > > >
> > > > > - Changes since v1:
> > > > > Fixes comments from Sakari, Tomasz
> > > > > * Add clock-frequency and link-frequencies in DT
> > > > >
> > > > > .../devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml | 150 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> > > > > 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
> > > > > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 000000000000..beeddfbb8709
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
> > > > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > > > > +# Copyright (c) 2019 MediaTek Inc.
> > > > > +%YAML 1.2
> > > > > +---
> > > > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/media/i2c/ov8856.yaml#
> > > > > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > > > > +
> > > > > +title: Omnivision OV8856 CMOS Sensor Device Tree Bindings
> > > > > +
> > > > > +maintainers:
> > > > > + - Ben Kao <ben.kao@intel.com>
> > > > > + - Dongchun Zhu <dongchun.zhu@mediatek.com>
> > > > > +
> > > > > +description: |-
> > > > > + The Omnivision OV8856 is a high performance, 1/4-inch, 8 megapixel, CMOS
> > > > > + image sensor that delivers 3264x2448 at 30fps. It provides full-frame,
> > > > > + sub-sampled, and windowed 10-bit MIPI images in various formats via the
> > > > > + Serial Camera Control Bus (SCCB) interface. This chip is programmable
> > > > > + through I2C and two-wire SCCB. The sensor output is available via CSI-2
> > > > > + serial data output (up to 4-lane).
> > > > > +
> > > > > +properties:
> > > > > + compatible:
> > > > > + const: ovti,ov8856
> > > > > +
> > > > > + reg:
> > > > > + maxItems: 1
> > > > > +
> > > > > + clocks:
> > > > > + maxItems: 1
> > > > > +
> > > > > + clock-names:
> > > > > + description:
> > > > > + Input clock for the sensor.
> > > > > + items:
> > > > > + - const: xvclk
> > > > > +
> > > > > + clock-frequency:
> > > > > + description:
> > > > > + Frequency of the xvclk clock in Hertz.
> > > >
> > > > We also had that discussion recently for another omnivision sensor
> > > > (ov5645 iirc), but what is clock-frequency useful for?
> > > >
> > > > It seems that the sensor is passed in clocks, so if you need to
> > > > retrieve the clock rate you should use the clock API instead.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the driver, it looks like it first retrieves the clock, set
> > > > it to clock-frequency, and then checks that this is OV8856_XVCLK_19_2
> > > > (19.2 MHz).
> > >
> > > As far as I understand it, 19.2MHz is requirement for the sensor mode
> > > that currently defaults to. Some modes require higher clock speeds
> > > than this however.
> >
> > It's very system specific. Either way, bindings should not assume a
> > particular driver implementation.
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The datasheet says that the sensor can have any frequency in the 6 -
> > > > 27 MHz range, so this is a driver limitation and should be set in the
> > > > driver using the clock API, and you can always bail out if it doesn't
> > > > provide a rate that is not acceptable for the drivers assumption.
> > > >
> > > > In any case, you don't need clock-frequency here...
> > >
> > > So your suggestion is that we remove all clocks-rate properties, and
> > > replace the clk_get_rate() calls in the driver with clk_set_rate()
> > > calls for the desired frequencies?
> >
> > The driver shouldn't set the rate here unless it gets it from DT (but that
> > was not the intention). So the driver should get the frequency instead.
>
> I'm actually saying the opposite :)
>
> Like you were saying, the binding (or DT, for that matter) shouldn't
> assume a particular driver implementation.
>
> So one corollary is that if the driver has some restrictions in Linux,
> it shouldn't be part of the binding, right?
>
> This binding uses multiple clock properties but as far as I can see,
> the driver retrieves a clock using clocks and makes sure that its rate
> match its limitation of 19.2MHz using clock-frequency (which is
> redundant on a clk_get_rate on the clocks provided earlier).
>
> I'm suspecting that the parent clock on multiple SoCs can be
> configured and is not a fixed rate crystal, so assigned-clocks-rate is
> here just to make sure we set the frequency at the one being checked
> in the driver's probe so that it all works.
>
> But that 19.2MHz is not a limitation of the device itself, it's a
> limitation of our implementation, so we can instead implement
> something equivalent in Linux using a clk_set_rate to 19.2MHz (to make
> sure that our parent clock is configured at the right rate) and the
> clk_get_rate and compare that to 19.2MHz (to make sure that it's not
> been rounded too far apart from the frequency we expect).
>
> This is doing exactly the same thing, except that we don't encode our
> implementation limitations in the DT, but in the driver instead.
>

Thanks for taking the time to explain this.
I'll spin a new revision that moves the clock rate handling into the driver.

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