Re: [PATCH v10 0/8] Add StarFive Camera Subsystem driver

[Jack Zhu <jack.zhu@starfivetech.com>]

On 2023/10/18 10:37, Jack Zhu wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> Thank you for your comments.
> 
> On 2023/10/16 19:40, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>> Hi Jack,
>> 
>> On 08/10/2023 10:51, Jack Zhu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> This series is the v10 series that attempts to support the Camera Subsystem
>>> found on StarFive JH7110 SoC.
>>> 
>>> This series is based on top of the master branch of media_stage repository,
>>> which is tested with a v4l2-compliance compiled from the git repo
>>> (git://linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git).
>> 
>> I get one smatch warning:
>> 
>> drivers/staging/media/starfive/camss/stf-isp.c:122 isp_enum_mbus_code() warn: unsigned 'code->index' is never less than zero.
>> 
>> And I also notice that there is no TODO file: staging drivers should have a
>> TODO file explaining what needs to be done to get them out of staging.
>> 
>> I'm curious to know that as well :-)
>> 
>> It looks like there is a lot of additional development that can be done, since
>> most of the ISP parameters appear to be hardcoded.
>> 
>> I also notice something weird in the compliance test output for v4l-subdev0 vs
>> v4l-subdev1:
>> 
>>> Compliance test for starfive-camss device /dev/v4l-subdev0:
>>> 
>>> Driver Info:
>>> 	Driver version   : 6.6.0
>>> 	Capabilities     : 0x00000000
>>> Media Driver Info:
>>> 	Driver name      : starfive-camss
>>> 	Model            : Starfive Camera Subsystem
>>> 	Serial           : 
>>> 	Bus info         : platform:19840000.camss
>>> 	Media version    : 6.6.0
>>> 	Hardware revision: 0x00000000 (0)
>>> 	Driver version   : 6.6.0
>>> Interface Info:
>>> 	ID               : 0x0300001c
>>> 	Type             : V4L Sub-Device
>>> Entity Info:
>>> 	ID               : 0x00000001 (1)
>>> 	Name             : stf_isp
>>> 	Function         : Image Signal Processor
>>> 	Pad 0x01000002   : 0: Sink
>>> 	  Link 0x02000014: from remote pad 0x1000010 of entity 'cdns_csi2rx.19800000.csi-bridge' (Video Interface Bridge): Data, Enabled
>>> 	Pad 0x01000003   : 1: Source
>>> 	  Link 0x0200000c: to remote pad 0x1000009 of entity 'capture_yuv' (V4L2 I/O): Data, Enabled
>> 
>> Here it shows the Media Driver Info for v4l-subdev0.
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Compliance test for device /dev/v4l-subdev1:
>>> 
>>> Driver Info:
>>> 	Driver version   : 6.6.0
>>> 	Capabilities     : 0x00000000
>> 
>> But this does not appear for v4l-subdev1.
>> 
>> I can't really tell why it doesn't show that. Can you debug a little bit?
>> The code is in v4l2-compliance.cpp, line 1086:
>> 
>> ent_id = mi_media_info_for_fd(media_fd, node.g_fd(), &is_invalid, &node.function);
>> 
>> The mi_media_info_for_fd() function calls ioctl(media_fd, MEDIA_IOC_DEVICE_INFO, &mdinfo),
>> and that fails for some reason. It could be that media_fd is invalid (would be weird).
>> 
>> This could well be a v4l2-compliance bug that you hit with this driver.
>> 
> 
> On the test board, /dev/v4l-subdev1 is imx219, and the corresponding directory is
> /sys/dev/char/81:3/device. Media0 does not exist in this directory. Therefore, the media_fd
> obtained through mi_get_media_fd(node.g_fd(), node.bus_info) is invalid.
> 
> I don't know why media0 does not exist in /sys/dev/char/81:3/device?
> 

Hi Hans,

Could you please comment on this issue? imx219 directly uses the driver file in the
media_stage repository.

Thank you for your time!

-- 
Regards,

Jack Zhu