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From: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	 Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>,
	 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
	 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch@collabora.com>,
	 Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>,
	 Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 3/5] media: imx219: Allow driver probe with missing sensor
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:55:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001-v4l2-sensor-detect-v1-3-a45993be17b8@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261001-v4l2-sensor-detect-v1-0-a45993be17b8@kernel.org>

Probe() should complete even when a sensor is disconnected. This would
allow the v4l-subdev to be created and improve fault tolerance.

Currently, the driver reads the CHIP_ID over i2c in the probe().
When we can't read CHIP_ID, the probe errors out - which result in the
v4l2-subdev not being created.

Remove all i2c communications to allow the driver to probe with a
missing sensor.

Note: Since we no longer power on the sensor during probe, the driver
now starts in suspended mode by default.

Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/media/i2c/imx219.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/imx219.c b/drivers/media/i2c/imx219.c
index 7978fee5f4a2..aeac70123b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/imx219.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/imx219.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,29 @@ static int imx219_init_state(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	return imx219_set_pad_format(sd, state, &fmt);
 }
 
+/* Verify chip ID */
+static int imx219_identify_module(struct imx219 *imx219)
+{
+	struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(&imx219->sd);
+	int ret;
+	u64 val;
+
+	ret = cci_read(imx219->regmap, IMX219_REG_CHIP_ID, &val, NULL);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "failed to read chip id %x\n",
+			IMX219_CHIP_ID);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (val != IMX219_CHIP_ID) {
+		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "chip id mismatch: %x!=%llx\n",
+			IMX219_CHIP_ID, val);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops imx219_video_ops = {
 	.s_stream = v4l2_subdev_s_stream_helper,
 };
@@ -1056,6 +1079,14 @@ static int imx219_power_on(struct device *dev)
 	usleep_range(IMX219_XCLR_MIN_DELAY_US,
 		     IMX219_XCLR_MIN_DELAY_US + IMX219_XCLR_DELAY_RANGE_US);
 
+	/*
+	 * If we can't identify the module here, it might be disconnected.
+	 * Consider power_on() complete and exit early in that case.
+	 */
+	ret = imx219_identify_module(imx219);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Sensor doesn't enter LP-11 state upon power up until and unless
 	 * streaming is started, so upon power up switch the modes to:
@@ -1117,27 +1148,6 @@ static int imx219_get_regulators(struct imx219 *imx219)
 				       imx219->supplies);
 }
 
-/* Verify chip ID */
-static int imx219_identify_module(struct imx219 *imx219)
-{
-	struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(&imx219->sd);
-	int ret;
-	u64 val;
-
-	ret = cci_read(imx219->regmap, IMX219_REG_CHIP_ID, &val, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret,
-				     "failed to read chip id %x\n",
-				     IMX219_CHIP_ID);
-
-	if (val != IMX219_CHIP_ID)
-		return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, -EIO,
-				     "chip id mismatch: %x!=%llx\n",
-				     IMX219_CHIP_ID, val);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int imx219_check_hwcfg(struct device *dev, struct imx219 *imx219)
 {
 	struct fwnode_handle *endpoint;
@@ -1252,21 +1262,9 @@ static int imx219_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(imx219->reset_gpio),
 				     "failed to get reset gpio\n");
 
-	/*
-	 * The sensor must be powered for imx219_identify_module()
-	 * to be able to read the CHIP_ID register
-	 */
-	ret = imx219_power_on(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = imx219_identify_module(imx219);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_power_off;
-
 	ret = imx219_init_controls(imx219);
 	if (ret)
-		goto error_power_off;
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Initialize subdev */
 	imx219->sd.flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
@@ -1288,7 +1286,7 @@ static int imx219_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 		goto error_media_entity;
 	}
 
-	pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
+	pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 
 	ret = v4l2_async_register_subdev_sensor(&imx219->sd);
@@ -1298,7 +1296,6 @@ static int imx219_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 		goto error_subdev_cleanup;
 	}
 
-	pm_runtime_idle(dev);
 	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, 1000);
 	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);
 
@@ -1315,9 +1312,6 @@ static int imx219_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 error_handler_free:
 	imx219_free_controls(imx219);
 
-error_power_off:
-	imx219_power_off(dev);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 

-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-01 12:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-01 12:55 [PATCH RFC 0/5] media: Fault-Tolerant V4L2 Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-10-01 12:55 ` [PATCH RFC 1/5] media: imx219: Move LP-11 state switch to power_on() Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-10-01 17:03   ` Dave Stevenson
2026-10-01 12:55 ` [PATCH RFC 2/5] media: v4l2-subdev: Add new ioctl for connection status Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-10-01 12:55 ` Mattijs Korpershoek [this message]
2026-10-01 16:50   ` [PATCH RFC 3/5] media: imx219: Allow driver probe with missing sensor Dave Stevenson
2026-10-01 17:35     ` Dave Stevenson
2026-10-01 12:55 ` [PATCH RFC 4/5] media: imx219: Implement .detect() sensor operation Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-10-01 12:55 ` [PATCH RFC 5/5] media: imx219: Add status polling using .detect() Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-10-01 15:58   ` Dave Stevenson
2026-10-01 17:26     ` Dave Stevenson

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