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Subject: Re: Missing MIPI IPU6 camera driver for Intel Alder Lake laptops
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To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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From:   Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
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Hi Sakari,

On 9/22/22 6:06 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Greg, others,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 05:02:40PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 04:54:53PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> For the time being, I agree with your recommendation to not buy these
>>> devices if you care about camera support.
>>
>> I second this, don't buy these devices if the vendor is not willing to
>> get their drivers upstreamed properly.
> 
> I can now confirm that IPU6 driver upstreaming is now planned, with IPU6
> input system driver to be upstreamed first. The intent is that we would
> have patches for review on LMML around the end of the year.
Is there any update on IPU6 driver? Probably it hasn't been sent upstream yet?

> 
> The processing system driver will need more work to replace the custom
> interface. For a fully functional camera stack, also libcamera support for
> IPU6 will be needed.
> 
> I think I can say a major factor for why we're here is that the original
> intent was to use a different interface for upstream but as we don't have
> one yet and probably won't for quite some time, this doesn't really seem
> like a viable option anymore.
> 
> So I'm afraid I can't promise a quick fix but at the same time I can say
> work is being done to address this.
> 

-- 
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum