Modernise the documentation to make it more precise and update the use of
pixel rate control and various other changes. In particular:
- Use non-proportional font for file names, properties as well as
controls.
- The unit of the HBLANK control is pixels, not lines.
- The unit of PIXEL_RATE control is pixels per second, not Hz.
- Merge common requirements for CSI-2 and parallel busses.
- Include all DT properties needed for assigned clocks.
- Fix referencing the link rate control.
- SMIA driver's new name is CCS driver.
- The PIXEL_RATE control denotes pixel rate on the pixel array on camera
sensors. Do not suggest it is used to tell the maximum pixel rate on the
bus anymore.
- Improve ReST syntax (plain struct and function names).
- Remove the suggestion to use s_power() in receiver drivers.
- Make MIPI website URL use HTTPS, add Wikipedia links to BT.601 and
BT.656.
Fixes:
e4cf8c58af75 ("media: Documentation: media: Document how to write camera sensor drivers")
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <andrey.konovalov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Writing camera sensor drivers
=============================
-CSI-2
------
+CSI-2 and parallel (BT.601 and BT.656) busses
+---------------------------------------------
-Please see what is written on :ref:`MIPI_CSI_2`.
+Please see :ref:`transmitter-receiver`.
Handling clocks
---------------
ACPI
~~~~
-Read the "clock-frequency" _DSD property to denote the frequency. The driver can
-rely on this frequency being used.
+Read the ``clock-frequency`` _DSD property to denote the frequency. The driver
+can rely on this frequency being used.
Devicetree
~~~~~~~~~~
-The currently preferred way to achieve this is using "assigned-clock-rates"
-property. See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-bindings.txt for
-more information. The driver then gets the frequency using clk_get_rate().
+The currently preferred way to achieve this is using ``assigned-clocks``,
+``assigned-clock-parents`` and ``assigned-clock-rates`` properties. See
+``Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-bindings.txt`` for more
+information. The driver then gets the frequency using ``clk_get_rate()``.
This approach has the drawback that there's no guarantee that the frequency
hasn't been modified directly or indirectly by another driver, or supported by
scaling configurations. The output size of the device is the result of a series
of cropping and scaling operations from the device's pixel array's size.
-An example of such a driver is the smiapp driver (see drivers/media/i2c/smiapp).
+An example of such a driver is the CCS driver (see ``drivers/media/i2c/ccs``).
Register list based drivers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
format set on a source pad at the end of the device's internal pipeline.
Most sensor drivers are implemented this way, see e.g.
-drivers/media/i2c/imx319.c for an example.
+``drivers/media/i2c/imx319.c`` for an example.
Frame interval configuration
----------------------------
crop, use the full source image size, i.e. pixel array size.
Horizontal and vertical blanking are specified by ``V4L2_CID_HBLANK`` and
-``V4L2_CID_VBLANK``, respectively. The unit of these controls are lines. The
-pixel rate is specified by ``V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`` in the same sub-device. The
-unit of that control is Hz.
+``V4L2_CID_VBLANK``, respectively. The unit of the ``V4L2_CID_HBLANK`` control
+is pixels and the unit of the ``V4L2_CID_VBLANK`` is lines. The pixel rate in
+the sensor's **pixel array** is specified by ``V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`` in the same
+sub-device. The unit of that control is pixels per second.
Register list based drivers need to implement read-only sub-device nodes for the
purpose. Devices that are not register list based need these to configure the
accessed and when it is streaming.
Existing camera sensor drivers may rely on the old
-:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_core_ops`->s_power() callback for bridge or ISP drivers to
+struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops->s_power() callback for bridge or ISP drivers to
manage their power state. This is however **deprecated**. If you feel you need
to begin calling an s_power from an ISP or a bridge driver, instead please add
runtime PM support to the sensor driver you are using. Likewise, new drivers
should not use s_power.
Please see examples in e.g. ``drivers/media/i2c/ov8856.c`` and
-``drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c``. The two drivers work in both ACPI
+``drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-core.c``. The two drivers work in both ACPI
and DT based systems.
Control framework
The function returns a non-zero value if it succeeded getting the power count or
runtime PM was disabled, in either of which cases the driver may proceed to
access the device.
-
-Controls
---------
-
-For camera sensors that are connected to a bus where transmitter and receiver
-require common configuration set by drivers, such as CSI-2 or parallel (BT.601
-or BT.656) bus, the ``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ`` control is mandatory on transmitter
-drivers. Receiver drivers can use the ``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ`` to query the
-frequency used on the bus.
-
-The transmitter drivers should also implement ``V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`` control in
-order to tell the maximum pixel rate to the receiver. This is required on raw
-camera sensors.
+++ /dev/null
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-.. _MIPI_CSI_2:
-
-MIPI CSI-2
-==========
-
-CSI-2 is a data bus intended for transferring images from cameras to
-the host SoC. It is defined by the `MIPI alliance`_.
-
-.. _`MIPI alliance`: http://www.mipi.org/
-
-Media bus formats
------------------
-
-See :ref:`v4l2-mbus-pixelcode` for details on which media bus formats should
-be used for CSI-2 interfaces.
-
-Transmitter drivers
--------------------
-
-CSI-2 transmitter, such as a sensor or a TV tuner, drivers need to
-provide the CSI-2 receiver with information on the CSI-2 bus
-configuration. These include the V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ and
-V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE controls and
-(:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_video_ops`->s_stream() callback). These
-interface elements must be present on the sub-device represents the
-CSI-2 transmitter.
-
-The V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ control is used to tell the receiver driver the
-frequency (and not the symbol rate) of the link. The V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE
-control may be used by the receiver to obtain the pixel rate the transmitter
-uses. The :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_video_ops`->s_stream() callback provides an
-ability to start and stop the stream.
-
-The value of the V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE is calculated as follows::
-
- pixel_rate = link_freq * 2 * nr_of_lanes * 16 / k / bits_per_sample
-
-where
-
-.. list-table:: variables in pixel rate calculation
- :header-rows: 1
-
- * - variable or constant
- - description
- * - link_freq
- - The value of the V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ integer64 menu item.
- * - nr_of_lanes
- - Number of data lanes used on the CSI-2 link. This can
- be obtained from the OF endpoint configuration.
- * - 2
- - Two bits are transferred per clock cycle per lane.
- * - bits_per_sample
- - Number of bits per sample.
- * - k
- - 16 for D-PHY and 7 for C-PHY
-
-The transmitter drivers must, if possible, configure the CSI-2
-transmitter to *LP-11 mode* whenever the transmitter is powered on but
-not active, and maintain *LP-11 mode* until stream on. Only at stream
-on should the transmitter activate the clock on the clock lane and
-transition to *HS mode*.
-
-Some transmitters do this automatically but some have to be explicitly
-programmed to do so, and some are unable to do so altogether due to
-hardware constraints.
-
-Stopping the transmitter
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-A transmitter stops sending the stream of images as a result of
-calling the ``.s_stream()`` callback. Some transmitters may stop the
-stream at a frame boundary whereas others stop immediately,
-effectively leaving the current frame unfinished. The receiver driver
-should not make assumptions either way, but function properly in both
-cases.
-
-Receiver drivers
-----------------
-
-Before the receiver driver may enable the CSI-2 transmitter by using
-the :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_video_ops`->s_stream(), it must have powered
-the transmitter up by using the
-:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_core_ops`->s_power() callback. This may take
-place either indirectly by using :c:func:`v4l2_pipeline_pm_get` or
-directly.
-
-Formats
--------
-
-The media bus pixel codes document parallel formats. Should the pixel data be
-transported over a serial bus, the media bus pixel code that describes a
-parallel format that transfers a sample on a single clock cycle is used.
rc-core
mc-core
cec-core
- csi2
+ tx-rx
camera-sensor
drivers/index
--- /dev/null
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. _transmitter-receiver:
+
+Pixel data transmitter and receiver drivers
+===========================================
+
+V4L2 supports various devices that transmit and receiver pixel data. Examples of
+these devices include a camera sensor, a TV tuner and a parallel or a CSI-2
+receiver in an SoC.
+
+Bus types
+---------
+
+The following busses are the most common. This section discusses these two only.
+
+MIPI CSI-2
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+CSI-2 is a data bus intended for transferring images from cameras to
+the host SoC. It is defined by the `MIPI alliance`_.
+
+.. _`MIPI alliance`: https://www.mipi.org/
+
+Parallel
+^^^^^^^^
+
+`BT.601`_ and `BT.656`_ are the most common parallel busses.
+
+.. _`BT.601`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._601
+.. _`BT.656`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU-R_BT.656
+
+Transmitter drivers
+-------------------
+
+Transmitter drivers generally need to provide the receiver drivers with the
+configuration of the transmitter. What is required depends on the type of the
+bus. These are common for both busses.
+
+Media bus pixel code
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+See :ref:`v4l2-mbus-pixelcode`.
+
+Link frequency
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :ref:`V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ <v4l2-cid-link-freq>` control is used to tell the
+receiver the frequency of the bus (i.e. it is not the same as the symbol rate).
+
+``.s_stream()`` callback
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The struct struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops->s_stream() callback is used by the
+receiver driver to control the transmitter driver's streaming state.
+
+
+CSI-2 transmitter drivers
+-------------------------
+
+Pixel rate
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The pixel rate on the bus is calculated as follows::
+
+ pixel_rate = link_freq * 2 * nr_of_lanes * 16 / k / bits_per_sample
+
+where
+
+.. list-table:: variables in pixel rate calculation
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - variable or constant
+ - description
+ * - link_freq
+ - The value of the ``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ`` integer64 menu item.
+ * - nr_of_lanes
+ - Number of data lanes used on the CSI-2 link. This can
+ be obtained from the OF endpoint configuration.
+ * - 2
+ - Data is transferred on both rising and falling edge of the signal.
+ * - bits_per_sample
+ - Number of bits per sample.
+ * - k
+ - 16 for D-PHY and 7 for C-PHY
+
+.. note::
+
+ The pixel rate calculated this way is **not** the same thing as the
+ pixel rate on the camera sensor's pixel array which is indicated by the
+ :ref:`V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE <v4l2-cid-pixel-rate>` control.
+
+LP-11 and LP-111 modes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The transmitter drivers must, if possible, configure the CSI-2 transmitter to
+*LP-11 or LP-111 mode* whenever the transmitter is powered on but not active,
+and maintain *LP-11 or LP-111 mode* until stream on. Only at stream on should
+the transmitter activate the clock on the clock lane and transition to *HS
+mode*.
+
+Some transmitters do this automatically but some have to be explicitly
+programmed to do so, and some are unable to do so altogether due to
+hardware constraints.
+
+The receiver thus need to be configured to expect LP-11 or LP-111 mode from the
+transmitter before the transmitter driver's ``.s_stream()`` op is called.
+
+Stopping the transmitter
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A transmitter stops sending the stream of images as a result of
+calling the ``.s_stream()`` callback. Some transmitters may stop the
+stream at a frame boundary whereas others stop immediately,
+effectively leaving the current frame unfinished. The receiver driver
+should not make assumptions either way, but function properly in both
+cases.
``V4L2_CID_IMAGE_PROC_CLASS (class)``
The IMAGE_PROC class descriptor.
+.. _v4l2-cid-link-freq:
+
``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ (integer menu)``
Data bus frequency. Together with the media bus pixel code, bus type
(clock cycles per sample), the data bus frequency defines the pixel
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