Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] dt-bindings: media: qcom: Add CAMSS Offline Processing Engine (OPE)

[Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>]

On 10/07/2026 11:38, Loic Poulain wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM Bryan O'Donoghue
> <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On 10/07/2026 10:04, Loic Poulain wrote:
>>> +        reg = <0x5c42400 0x200>,
>>> +              <0x5c42600 0x200>,
>>> +              <0x5c42800 0x4400>,
>>> +              <0x5c46c00 0x190>,
>>> +              <0x5c46d90 0xa00>;
>>> +        reg-names = "top", "qos", "pipeline",
>>> +                    "bus_read", "bus_write";
>>> +
>> Does this register space cover the entire OPE i.e. where are the CDM
>> registers ?
>>
>> We should map those upfront even if they are not included in your first
>> drop, we map CDM regs in the IFE even when not used.
> My initial thought, especially when we first moved to the CAMSS
> subnode model, was that CDM would be represented as a separate node
> and referenced from OPE through a phandle. However, CDM may not be
> generic enough to justify that level of abstraction/complexity.
> Therefore, I'll reintroduce the CDM resources here instead.
> 
> Thanks,
> Loic

There's no harm in mapping the CDM regs here.

Worst case is we have a generic CDM driver and the regs appear here 
unused as well as in a CDM node right before OPE.

Not the end of the world.

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