Re: [Patch v3 6/8] media: i2c: ov2659: Add powerdown/reset gpio handling

[Benoit Parrot <bparrot@ti.com>]

Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> wrote on Wed [2019-Sep-25 12:51:54 +0300]:
> Hi Benoit,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:44:12AM -0500, Benoit Parrot wrote:
> > On some board it is possible that the sensor 'powerdown' and or 'reset'
> > pin might be controlled by gpio instead of being tied.
> > 
> > To implement we add pm_runtime support which will handle the power
> > up/down sequence when it is available otherwise the sensor will be
> > powered on at module insertion/probe and powered off at module removal.
> > 
> > Now originally the driver assumed that the sensor would always stay
> > powered and keep its register setting. We cannot assume this anymore, so
> > every time we "power up" we need to re-program the initial registers
> > configuration first. This was previously done only at probe time.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benoit Parrot <bparrot@ti.com>
> 
> Thanks for the update.
> 
> I missed the control interface is accessible also when the device is not
> streaming, and the driver doesn't appear to power on the sensor for that,
> leading to a failing I²C write.
> 
> Could you address that as well, either here or as a separate patch? E.g.
> the smiapp driver does this.

Yes, I missed that also.
I'll add a check in .s_ctrl().

Benoit

> 
> -- 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Sakari Ailus
> sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com