Re: [PATCH v9 4/7] media: i2c: imx355: Restrict data lanes to 4

[Richard Acayan <mailingradian@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 12:37:14AM +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> On 2/17/26 02:27, Richard Acayan wrote:
> > The IMX355 sensor driver currently supports having 4 data lanes. There
> > can't be more or less, so check if the firmware specifies 4 lanes.

This patch is superseded:

v10: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260311020328.57976-1-mailingradian@gmail.com/
v11: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260324020132.8683-5-mailingradian@gmail.com/

If my workflow somehow caused you not to receive the new versions,
please let me know.

> Does IMX355 sensor hardware support any other number of lanes?

Actually, I don't have hardware docs so I don't know. There can't be
more or less without driver support.

> 1) If no, then it makes no practical sense to check for data lanes number
> given by firmware, there can be any stored value, but it's known that the
> number of sensor data lanes is 4.
> 
> 2) If yes, then please return to the sensor dt bindings, and reflect any
> other options, right now it is set strictly to 4 lanes only.

I think more lane configurations in dt-bindings can be added as they are
discovered, either by reading hardware docs or by finding a board that
has a different number of lanes.

> In case if
> 'data-lanes' property is omitted, you can use 4 lanes as a default number
> of data lanes, and this information shall be documented in the dt bindings.

Later revisions of the patch require data-lanes.