Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] media: i2c: add Sony IMX111 CMOS camera sensor driver

[Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>]

Hi Svyatoslav,

On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 09:20:10PM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> чт, 28 серп. 2025 р. о 19:12 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> пише:
> >
> > Hi Svyatoslaw,
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 03:04:25PM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> > > Add driver for Sony IMX111 CMOS sensor found in LG Optimus 4X and Vu
> > > smartphones.
> >
> > Thanks for the set.
> >
> > I wonder how would the sensor work with the CCS driver. The register layout
> > appears to be very much aligned with that (I haven't checked whether there
> > are MSRs that depend on the mode).
> >
> 
> After deeper testing I have found that imx111 may be nokia,smia
> compatible, at least most of general registers and CCS logic is
> applicable. Some of registers may cause issues, for example,
> "phy_ctrl_capability" = 0, 0x0 and some insane pll ranges. Maybe that
> can be addressed with a firmware patch idk. The trickiest part is that
> each mode requires non-standard and non-common manufacturer code
> (0x3xxx ranges). If you can explain how to address these issues, I
> would love to add imx111 and a few other modules into list of CCS
> supported devices.

On a closer look, only the image size related configuration and a little
more appears to be CCS-like. That's not enough to configure the sensor;
this is conveyed in the MSR space which indeed makes the sensor difficult
to control using the CCS driver, unfortunately.

Let me review v2.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus