Re: [PATCH v3 19/25] media: i2c: imx258: Change register settings for variants of the sensor

Sakari Ailus
2024-04-10T08:44:20Z

Hi Dave,

On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 02:16:31PM +0100, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> Hi Sakari
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 at 11:59, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Luis, Dave,
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 04:44:05PM -0600, Luigi311 wrote:
> > > On 4/3/24 10:18, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > > Hi Luis, Dave,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:03:48AM -0600, git@luigi311.com wrote:
> > > >> From: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
> > > >>
> > > >> Sony have advised that there are variants of the IMX258 sensor which
> > > >> require slightly different register configuration to the mainline
> > > >> imx258 driver defaults.
> > > >>
> > > >> There is no available run-time detection for the variant, so add
> > > >> configuration via the DT compatible string.
> > > >>
> > > >> The Vision Components imx258 module supports PDAF, so add the
> > > >> register differences for that variant
> > > >>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Luis Garcia <git@luigi311.com>
> > > >> ---
> > > >> drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >> 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >>
> > > >> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c b/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > >> index 775d957c9b87..fa48da212037 100644
> > > >> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > >> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > >> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> > > >> #include <linux/delay.h>
> > > >> #include <linux/i2c.h>
> > > >> #include <linux/module.h>
> > > >> +#include <linux/of_device.h>
> > > >> #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> > > >> #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
> > > >> #include <media/v4l2-ctrls.h>
> > > >> @@ -321,8 +322,6 @@ static const struct imx258_reg mipi_642mbps_24mhz_4l[] = {
> > > >>
> > > >> static const struct imx258_reg mode_common_regs[] = {
> > > >> { 0x3051, 0x00 },
> > > >> - { 0x3052, 0x00 },
> > > >> - { 0x4E21, 0x14 },
> > > >> { 0x6B11, 0xCF },
> > > >> { 0x7FF0, 0x08 },
> > > >> { 0x7FF1, 0x0F },
> > > >> @@ -345,7 +344,6 @@ static const struct imx258_reg mode_common_regs[] = {
> > > >> { 0x7FA8, 0x03 },
> > > >> { 0x7FA9, 0xFE },
> > > >> { 0x7B24, 0x81 },
> > > >> - { 0x7B25, 0x00 },
> > > >> { 0x6564, 0x07 },
> > > >> { 0x6B0D, 0x41 },
> > > >> { 0x653D, 0x04 },
> > > >> @@ -460,6 +458,33 @@ static const struct imx258_reg mode_1048_780_regs[] = {
> > > >> { 0x034F, 0x0C },
> > > >> };
> > > >>
> > > >> +struct imx258_variant_cfg {
> > > >> + const struct imx258_reg *regs;
> > > >> + unsigned int num_regs;
> > > >> +};
> > > >> +
> > > >> +static const struct imx258_reg imx258_cfg_regs[] = {
> > > >> + { 0x3052, 0x00 },
> > > >> + { 0x4E21, 0x14 },
> > > >> + { 0x7B25, 0x00 },
> > > >> +};
> > > >> +
> > > >> +static const struct imx258_variant_cfg imx258_cfg = {
> > > >> + .regs = imx258_cfg_regs,
> > > >> + .num_regs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx258_cfg_regs),
> > > >> +};
> > > >> +
> > > >> +static const struct imx258_reg imx258_pdaf_cfg_regs[] = {
> > > >> + { 0x3052, 0x01 },
> > > >> + { 0x4E21, 0x10 },
> > > >> + { 0x7B25, 0x01 },
> > > >> +};
> > > >> +
> > > >> +static const struct imx258_variant_cfg imx258_pdaf_cfg = {
> > > >> + .regs = imx258_pdaf_cfg_regs,
> > > >> + .num_regs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx258_pdaf_cfg_regs),
> > > >> +};
> > > >> +
> > > >> static const char * const imx258_test_pattern_menu[] = {
> > > >> "Disabled",
> > > >> "Solid Colour",
> > > >> @@ -637,6 +662,8 @@ struct imx258 {
> > > >> struct v4l2_subdev sd;
> > > >> struct media_pad pad;
> > > >>
> > > >> + const struct imx258_variant_cfg *variant_cfg;
> > > >> +
> > > >> struct v4l2_ctrl_handler ctrl_handler;
> > > >> /* V4L2 Controls */
> > > >> struct v4l2_ctrl *link_freq;
> > > >> @@ -1104,6 +1131,14 @@ static int imx258_start_streaming(struct imx258 *imx258)
> > > >> return ret;
> > > >> }
> > > >>
> > > >> + ret = imx258_write_regs(imx258, imx258->variant_cfg->regs,
> > > >> + imx258->variant_cfg->num_regs);
> > > >> + if (ret) {
> > > >> + dev_err(&client->dev, "%s failed to set variant config\n",
> > > >> + __func__);
> > > >> + return ret;
> > > >> + }
> > > >> +
> > > >> ret = imx258_write_reg(imx258, IMX258_CLK_BLANK_STOP,
> > > >> IMX258_REG_VALUE_08BIT,
> > > >> imx258->csi2_flags & V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_NONCONTINUOUS_CLOCK ?
> > > >> @@ -1492,6 +1527,10 @@ static int imx258_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > > >>
> > > >> imx258->csi2_flags = ep.bus.mipi_csi2.flags;
> > > >>
> > > >> + imx258->variant_cfg = of_device_get_match_data(&client->dev);
> > > >
> > > > You'll also need to keep this working for ACPI based systems. I.e. in
> > > > practice remove "of_" prefix here and add the non-PDAF variant data to the
> > > > relevant ACPI ID list.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Removing of_ is easy enough and looking at all the other commits that make
> > > this change in other drivers I dont see anything else being done besides
> > > adding in the .data section that is down below for both imx258 and pdaf
> > > versions. Is that what you are referencing or is there some other place
> > > to add variant data to ACPI ID list?
> >
> > Speaking of which---are you absolutely certain there are two variants of
> > this sensor? Many sensors that have a different pixel pattern (PDAF pixels
> > or a non-Bayer pattern) can produce Bayer data when condigured so. The fact
> > that you have differing register configuration for the PDAF and non-PDAF
> > cases suggests this may well be the case.
>
> I had a discussion with our contact at Sony over the configuration,
> and Soho Enterprises who made the module I have also consulted with
> Sony (their main person is ex Sony himself).
>
> There is a spec version field in the OTP which reflects the pixel
> pattern. It has defined options of:
> - HDR pattern
> - Binning pattern
> - mono
> - non-PDAF
> - HDR HDD
>
> Sony can't release information on how to read that information from
> the sensor OTP as it is contractually locked by contracts with Intel.
> Whilst information obtained via other routes means I have checked it
> on my module as HDR pattern whilst the Nautilus platform has the
> non-PDAF variant, I'm not going to spoil our relationship with Sony by
> releasing that.
>
> It's possible that the Nautilus sensor will work happily with the
> settings required for the PDAF variant, but I have no way of testing
> that, and the registers in question are undocumented. Changing them
> blindly isn't going to make any friends, and I doubt existing platform
> users wish to rerun all their image quality tests on the sensor to
> validate the change.
>
> Unless Intel wish to release the information on reading the OTP, we
> have no way of telling the variants apart but need different register
> configurations. If there is a better way of handling that situation
> than compatible strings, then I'm open to suggestions.
>
> There's a short thread on libcamera-devel from back in 2022 where I
> was looking into this [1]

Oops! I guess we'll need these two for now at least.

We don't really have support for PDAF anyway (I'd expect this to be
documented for a driver, for instance) so I presume currently for
PDAF-variants the configuration is about "correcting" the PDAF pixels?

The problem seems to be worse on ACPI systems as there's a single HID only.

>
> Dave
>
> [1] https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/2022-June/031449.html
>
> > >
> > > >> + if (!imx258->variant_cfg)
> > > >> + imx258->variant_cfg = &imx258_cfg;
> > > >> +
> > > >> /* Initialize subdev */
> > > >> v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&imx258->sd, client, &imx258_subdev_ops);
> > > >>
> > > >> @@ -1579,7 +1618,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, imx258_acpi_ids);
> > > >> #endif
> > > >>
> > > >> static const struct of_device_id imx258_dt_ids[] = {
> > > >> - { .compatible = "sony,imx258" },
> > > >> + { .compatible = "sony,imx258", .data = &imx258_cfg },
> > > >> + { .compatible = "sony,imx258-pdaf", .data = &imx258_pdaf_cfg },
> > > >> { /* sentinel */ }
> > > >> };
> > > >> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, imx258_dt_ids);
> > > >
> > >

--
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus