Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] [media] imx214: device tree binding

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Sakari,

On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:57:38 EEST Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:47:55PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:30:57 EEST Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> ...
> 
> > > +- clock-frequency = Frequency of the xclk clock. (Currently the
> > > +	driver only supports <24000000>).
> > 
> > Please don't mention drivers in DT bindings. I would drop the reference to
> > the 24 MHz limitation.
> > 
> > I would actually drop the property completely :-) I don't see why you need
> > it, and you don't make use of it in the driver.
> 
> Would you rely on assigned-clock-rates or what? There's no guarantee it'll
> actually be the desired frequency. That said, few (or no) drivers checks
> what they get when they set the frequency.

No necessarily. I would either really on assigned-clock-rates + clock rate 
check in the driver, or on no DT property and a clock rate set in the driver. 
Patch 2/2 sets the clock rate in the driver to 24 MHz regardless of the clock-
frequency property in DT.

> > > +Optional Properties:
> > > +- flash-leds: See ../video-interfaces.txt
> > > +- lens-focus: See ../video-interfaces.txt
> > > +
> > > +The imx274 device node should contain one 'port' child node with
> 
> s/should/shall/?
> 
> If there's a need to support no port nodes, then say "one or none" or such.
> Usually that's useful on the receiver side only though.
> 
> > > +Example:
> > > +
> > > +	camera_rear@1a {
> > > +		compatible = "sony,imx214";
> > > +		reg = <0x1a>;
> > > +		vdddo-supply = <&pm8994_lvs1>;
> > > +		vddd-supply = <&camera_vddd_1v12>;
> > > +		vdda-supply = <&pm8994_l17>;
> > > +		lens-focus = <&ad5820>;
> > > +		enable-gpios = <&msmgpio 25 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> > > +		clocks = <&mmcc CAMSS_MCLK0_CLK>;
> > > +		clock-names = "xclk";
> > > +		clock-frequency = <24000000>;
> > > +		port {
> > > +			imx214_ep: endpoint {
> > > +				clock-lanes = <0>;
> 
> I'd only put clock-lanes if the lane ordering is configurable.
> 
> > > +				data-lanes = <1 2 3 4>;
> > > +				link-frequencies = /bits/ 64 <480000000>;
> > > +				remote-endpoint = <&csiphy0_ep>;
> > > +			};
> > > +		};
> > > +	};

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart