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

From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Sat Aug 26 2023 - 08:15:04 EST


On 26.08.2023 14:12, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 26/08/2023 13:04, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>>   From sdm845 onwards we need to ensure the VFE is powered on prior to
>>>>> switching on the CSID.
>>>> And what's the symptom if we fail to ensure this? How can someone
>>>> adding support for another platform tell whether the match-list
>>>> should be expanded?
>>> That person has to understand the dependency.
>> If we need this workaround, there surely must be something that doesn't
>> work without it, a measurable symptom. What is it?
>
> The CSID lives inside of the VFE therefore the VFE must be power prior to the CSID.
>
> The symptom will be .. the CSID doesn't come out of reset.
Good, that's what I needed to know.

Now we can rename that function to something like camss_csid_inside_vfe()
to make it more meaningful

Konrad