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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:37:32 +0200
From:   Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc:     Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>, mchehab@kernel.org,
        sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com, akinobu.mita@gmail.com,
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        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] media: mt9m111: add V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ support
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On 22-09-20, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:43:37AM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 03:57:11PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > > Add support to report the link frequency.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>
> > > ---
> > > The v1 of this small series can be found here:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220818144712.997477-1-m.felsch@pengutronix.de/
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot to Jacopo for the review feedback on my v1.
> > >
> > > Changelog:
> > >
> > > v2:
> > > - use V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ instead of V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > index afc86efa9e3e..52be1c310455 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m111.c
> > > @@ -1249,6 +1249,8 @@ static int mt9m111_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct mt9m111 *mt9m111;
> > >  	struct i2c_adapter *adapter = client->adapter;
> > > +	static s64 extclk_rate;
> > 
> > Why static ?
> 
> I missed that one indeed. I assume it's static because the pointer is
> stored in the v4l2_ctrl structure by v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu(), but
> that's wrong. The data should be in the mt9m111 structure instead,
> otherwise it won't work right when using multiple sensors.

Yes, thats the reason. Didn't had in mind, the fact of using multiple
sensor of the same type. Sry. I will move it to the driver struct of
course.

> > Also clk_get_rate() returns an unsigned long
> 
> v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu() requires an s64 pointer.

Yes.

Regards,
  Marco

> > > +	struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl;
> > >  	int ret;
> > >
> > >  	if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA)) {
> > > @@ -1271,6 +1273,13 @@ static int mt9m111_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > >  	if (IS_ERR(mt9m111->clk))
> > >  		return PTR_ERR(mt9m111->clk);
> > >
> > > +	ret = clk_prepare_enable(mt9m111->clk);
> > > +	if (ret < 0)
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +
> > > +	extclk_rate = clk_get_rate(mt9m111->clk);
> > > +	clk_disable_unprepare(mt9m111->clk);
> > > +
> > >  	mt9m111->regulator = devm_regulator_get(&client->dev, "vdd");
> > >  	if (IS_ERR(mt9m111->regulator)) {
> > >  		dev_err(&client->dev, "regulator not found: %ld\n",
> > > @@ -1285,7 +1294,7 @@ static int mt9m111_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > >  	mt9m111->subdev.flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE |
> > >  				 V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS;
> > >
> > > -	v4l2_ctrl_handler_init(&mt9m111->hdl, 7);
> > > +	v4l2_ctrl_handler_init(&mt9m111->hdl, 8);
> > >  	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&mt9m111->hdl, &mt9m111_ctrl_ops,
> > >  			V4L2_CID_VFLIP, 0, 1, 1, 0);
> > >  	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&mt9m111->hdl, &mt9m111_ctrl_ops,
> > > @@ -1309,6 +1318,16 @@ static int mt9m111_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > >  				BIT(V4L2_COLORFX_NEGATIVE) |
> > >  				BIT(V4L2_COLORFX_SOLARIZATION)),
> > >  			V4L2_COLORFX_NONE);
> > 
> > Empty line maybe ?
> > 
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * The extclk rate equals the link freq. if reg default values are used,
> > > +	 * which is the case. This must be adapted as soon as we don't use the
> > > +	 * default values anymore.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	ctrl = v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu(&mt9m111->hdl, &mt9m111_ctrl_ops,
> > > +				      V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ, 0, 0, &extclk_rate);
> > > +	if (ctrl)
> > > +		ctrl->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
> > > +
> > 
> > I'm sorry I have not replied to your previous email about using
> > LINK_FREQ for parallel busses.. I see it mentioned in ext-ctrls-image-process.rst
> > as you said:
> > 
> > ``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ (integer menu)``
> >     The frequency of the data bus (e.g. parallel or CSI-2).
> > 
> > I still have a bit of troubles seeing it apply nicely on a parallel
> > bus. Isn't PIXEL_RATE more appropriate ?
> 
> They are different. When transmitting YUYV_2X8 for instance, the link
> frequency is twice the pixel clock rate.
> 
> > You said you need to know the
> > overall bus bandwidth in bytes , and pixel_rate * bpp / 8 is equally
> > valid and easy as link_freq / num_lanes, which requires the receiver
> > to fetch the remote subdev media bus configuration instead of relying
> > on the input format. Also LINK_FREQ is a menu control, something nasty
> > already for CSI-2 busses, which requires to pre-calculate the link
> > freqs based on the input mclk. It is also meant to be changed by
> > userspace, while PIXEL_RATE is RO by default.
> > 
> > Sakari, Laurent, what's your take here ?
> 
> Ideally both should be implemented by the driver.
> 
> > >  	mt9m111->subdev.ctrl_handler = &mt9m111->hdl;
> > >  	if (mt9m111->hdl.error) {
> > >  		ret = mt9m111->hdl.error;
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart
>