Re: [PATCH 6/8] media: imx: imx7_media-csi: Add support for additional Bayer patterns

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Alexander,

Thank you for the patch.

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 01:15:12PM +0100, Alexander Stein wrote:
> imx7_csi_configure() allows configuring these Bayer patterns when
> starting a stream. So allow these in link_validate() as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> I'm wondering if V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR16 (and their variants) is correct in this
> function. imx7_csi_configure() does not list MEDIA_BUS_FMT_Sxxxx16_1X16.
> Also I can't find a proper a proper setting in CSI_CR18 of CSI Bridge in
> IMX8M Mini RM for RAW16. The feature list names a  "16-bit data port for
> Bayer data input", but is it actually supported? I do not know anything about
> the MIPI CSI data formats though. Maybe someone else can clarify this.

The CSI bridge has a 16-bit input. The MIPI_DATA_FORMAT field in CR18
maps to the CSI-2 DT value, and it's not clear if it's only used to
filter on the CSI-2 DT, or if it does more than that. If we're lucky,
it's the former and we can just use 0x2e.

>  drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
> index 158d2a736c6d..7e737221f187 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
> @@ -1004,6 +1004,18 @@ static int imx7_csi_pad_link_validate(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG8:
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8:
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB8:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR10:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG10:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG10:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB10:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR12:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG12:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG12:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB12:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR14:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG14:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG14:
> +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB14:
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR16:
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG16:
>  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG16:

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart