Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: qcom: Add CSI2 C-PHY/DPHY schema

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir.zapolskiy@linaro.org>]

On 3/28/26 00:29, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 27/03/2026 20:51, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> That's just not true. If you read the camx source code you can see
>>> split/combo mode 2+1 1+1 data/clock mode requires special programming of the
>>> PHY to support.
>> This needs to be identified from the data-lanes / clock-lanes topology.
>> And once you do that, there would be (probably) no difference in the
>> hardware definition.
>>
>>
>> In other words, I'd also ask to drop this mode from the DT. This
>> infromation can and should be deduced from other, already-defined
>> properties.
> 
> It still needs to be communicated to the PHY from the controller,
> however that is not a problem I am trying to solve now.
> 
> If I can't get consensus for PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_SPLIT_DPHY then so be it.
> 
> I'll aim for DPHY only and we can come back to this topic when someone
> actually tries to enable it.
> 

DPHY may be the only supported phy type in the driver, it does not matter
at this point, however it's totally essential to cover the called by you
'split mode' right from the beginning in the renewed device tree binding
descriptions of CAMSS IPs to progress further.

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Best wishes,
Vladimir