Re: [PATCH v3 07/15] media: qcom: camss: Capture VFE CSID dependency in a helper function

Bryan O'Donoghue
2023-08-28T19:42:22Z

On 28/08/2023 20:40, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 08:37:44PM +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>> On 28/08/2023 19:47, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> Hi Bryan,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the patch.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 11:44:36AM +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>>>> From sdm845 onwards we need to ensure the VFE is powered on prior to
>>>> switching on the CSID.
>>>
>>> Based on the discussions with Konrad in the mail thread, I would record
>>> here the reason for this requirement.
>>>
>>> What happens if you unconditionally power up the VFE prior to switching
>>> the CSID on ? Will this break something on platforms older than SDM845 ?
>>
>> vfe->power_count will bump and you will be fine.
>
> Then maybe that would be a simpler solution than having a
> device-specific power sequence ?
>

A fair point.

Worth a try.

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