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

Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-03-27T20:51:26Z

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 02:42:10PM +0000, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 26/03/2026 10:28, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> > On 3/26/26 04:03, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > > On 26/03/2026 01:46, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> > > > On 3/26/26 03:04, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > > > > Add a base schema initially compatible with x1e80100 to describe MIPI
> > > > > CSI2
> > > > > PHY devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > The hardware can support both CPHY, DPHY and a special split-mode
> > > > > DPHY. We
> > > > > capture those modes as:
> > > > >
> > > > > - PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_DPHY
> > > > > - PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_CPHY
> > > > > - PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_SPLIT_DPHY
> > > >
> > > > Distinction between PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_DPHY and
> > > > PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_SPLIT_DPHY
> > > > is
> > > > 1) insufficient in just this simplistic form, because the assignment of
> > > > particular lanes is also needed,
> > > > 2) and under the assumption that the lane mapping is set somewhere else,
> > > > then
> > > > there should be no difference between PHY_QCOM_CSI2_MODE_{DPHY,SPLIT_DPHY},
> > > > it's just DPHY, and the subtype is deductible from data-lanes property on
> > > > the consumer side.
> > > >
> > > > So far the rationale is unclear, why anything above regular PHY_TYPE_DPHY
> > > > and PHY_TYPE_CPHY is needed here, those two are sufficient.
> > >
> > > Because knowing the split-mode exists and that you have asked about how
> > > such a thing would be supported, I thought about how to represent that
> > > mode right from the start, even if we don't support it.
> >
> > It is good to think about this hardware confguration in advance, however
> > the process of describing such hardware setup is incomplete.
> >
> > >
> > > To support split phy we will need to pass the parameter.
> >
> > What you call "split phy" is a DPHY, and "split phy" can not be supported
> > by adding this parameter, because it does not provide information about
> > lanes, and after removing this information it is just DPHY.
>
> 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.

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With best wishes
Dmitry