Re: [PATCH v5 03/11] dt-bindings: media: Add bindings for bcm2835-unicam

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Maxime,

as someone with a little more insight to the clocks, i like to know your
opinion about the bcm2835-unicam binding.

Am 08.02.22 um 16:50 schrieb Jean-Michel Hautbois:
> Introduce the dt-bindings documentation for bcm2835 CCP2/CSI2 Unicam
> camera interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jeanmichel.hautbois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v4:
> - make MAINTAINERS its own patch
> - describe the reg and clocks correctly
> - use a vendor entry for the number of data lanes
> ---
>  .../bindings/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml   | 117 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 117 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1938ace23b3d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/media/brcm,bcm2835-unicam.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Broadcom BCM283x Camera Interface (Unicam)
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Raspberry Pi Kernel Maintenance <kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |-
> +  The Unicam block on BCM283x SoCs is the receiver for either
> +  CSI-2 or CCP2 data from image sensors or similar devices.
> +
> +  The main platform using this SoC is the Raspberry Pi family of boards.  On
> +  the Pi the VideoCore firmware can also control this hardware block, and
> +  driving it from two different processors will cause issues.  To avoid this,
> +  the firmware checks the device tree configuration during boot. If it finds
> +  device tree nodes whose name starts with 'csi' then it will stop the firmware
> +  accessing the block, and it can then safely be used via the device tree
> +  binding.
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: brcm,bcm2835-unicam
> +
> +  reg:
> +    items:
> +      - description: Unicam block.
> +      - description: Clock Manager Image (CMI) block.
> +
> +  reg-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: unicam
> +      - const: cmi
> +
> +  interrupts:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  clocks:
> +    items:
> +      - description: Clock to drive the LP state machine of Unicam.
> +      - description: Clock for the VPU (core clock).
> +
> +  clock-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: lp
> +      - const: vpu
> +

according to this patch [1], the unicam driver only needs the VPU clock
reference just to enforce a minimum of 250 MHz. The firmware clock
binding and its driver is specific to the bcm2711, but the Unicam IP
exists since bcm2835.

So do you think the clock part is correct or should be the VPU clock
optional?

Best regards

[1] -
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/fc5b041b2e952dc84279dda978472a73a4b3891c