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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
	Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
	<angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>,
	Julien Stephan <jstephan@baylibre.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: media: Add bindings for THine THP7312 ISP
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:16:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0aeaa158-d56a-4d3b-a0c4-25b25f031a51@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231012130544.GA31878@pendragon.ideasonboard.com>

On 12/10/2023 15:05, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

>>> +
>>> +  clocks:
>>> +    maxItems: 1
>>> +    description: CLKI clock input
>>> +
>>> +  thine,boot-mode:
>>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>> +    description:
>>> +      Boot mode of the THP7312. 0 is for standard streaming mode, for the
>>> +      THP7312 to be used as an ISP. 1 is for firmware flashing mode.
>>
>> Why, for a given board, would you always boot device in one specific
>> mode but not the other? This does not look like property of DT.
> 
> The device has two boot mode pins, and it operates differently depending
> on its boot mode. The pins are typically hardwired, on development
> boards you commonly have DIP switches, and on production systems test
> pads that allow modifying the boot mode on the production line. The
> driver needs to know the boot mode to interact with the device
> appropriately. I haven't found a good way to interogate the device at
> runtime to figure out the boot mode, but I'm still trying. If that
> doesn't succeed, we need to convey it through the device tree.

Hm, that's okay then, but please describe that it is expected
bootstrapped boot mode of a device, because now it sounds like
configuring some boot mode in the device.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-12 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-12  1:20 [PATCH v2 0/3] media: i2c: Add driver for THine THP7312 ISP Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12  1:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: media: Add bindings " Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12  7:47   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-10-12 13:05     ` Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12 13:16       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2023-10-12 13:17         ` Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12  1:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] media: uapi: Add controls for the " Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12  1:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] media: i2c: Add driver for THine THP7312 Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] media: i2c: Add driver for THine THP7312 ISP Laurent Pinchart

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