Re: [PATCH 04/22] [media] v4l2-subdev.h: add prepare_stream op

[Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 05:48:43PM +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 08.10.2016, 02:16 +0300 schrieb Sakari Ailus:
> > Hi Philipp,
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 06:00:49PM +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> > > In some cases, for example MIPI CSI-2 input on i.MX6, the sending and
> > > receiving subdevice need to be prepared in lock-step before the actual
> > > streaming can start. In the i.MX6 MIPI CSI-2 case, the sender needs to
> > > put its MIPI CSI-2 transmitter lanes into stop state, and the receiver
> > > needs to configure its D-PHY and detect the stop state on all active
> > > lanes. Only then the sender can be enabled to stream data and the
> > > receiver can lock its PLL to the clock lane.
> > 
> > Is there a need to explicitly control this? Shouldn't this already be the
> > case when the transmitting device is powered on and is not streaming?
> 
> Even if the transmitter is expected to keep the lanes in this stop state
> all the time while the subdevice is powered but not streaming, I still
> have to wait for stop state detection before enabling the transmitter,
> and only then enable the reciever.
> I'll remove the prepare_streaming callback in the next version and
> instead let the subdevices propagate s_stream upstream instead in the
> next version.

Ack.

As discussed, I'll provide a patch to document this behaviour on CSI-2. I
believe the current drivers implicitly implement it but you're the first one
to ask the question. :-)

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Sakari Ailus
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