Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] media: dt-bindings: Add CAMSS device for Kaanapali

Bryan O'Donoghue
2025-12-17T03:29:02Z

On 17/12/2025 00:46, Vijay Kumar Tumati wrote:
>> I don't understand a reason why to do worse for the upstream, when
>> there is
>> a clear and feasible alternative not to do worse, thus my
>> misunderstanding
>> and my grief for upstream CAMSS are my concerns.
>>
> Thanks for the comments, Vladimir. Bryan's and Krzysztof's argument was
> that the bindings are required to describe the full hardware regardless
> of the driver support and either way not modifiable in the future, so
> they preferred having the HW properties of the key functional blocks in
> the bindings. And we were specifically asked to add the properties into
> this node in this patch series. Having said that, my knowledge on how
> the bindings are handled upstream in the long run as the requirements
> evolve, is limited. So I will look for some expert advise from Bryan
> here as he strongly advised for these. Thanks again.

I see no technical reason why describing the whole hardware block
precludes any further work. How could it ?

Anyway, I'll repeat my ask to describe:

- The full register set
- The interconnects
- The clocks and resets
- The SIDs

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