Re: [PATCH v7 00/15] Add dt-bindings and dtsi changes for CAMSS on x1e80100 silicon

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir.zapolskiy@linaro.org>]

On 7/15/25 11:48, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 15/07/2025 07:53, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>>     Finally I believe we should contine to have endpoints go from the
>>> sensor
>>>     to CAMSS not the PHY as CAMSS' CSI decoder is the consumer of the data
>>>     not the PHY.
>>>
>>
>> 1. This is an incorrect assumption, unfortunately it was not discussed
>> previously for whatever reason, good news now it gets a discussion under
>> drivers/phy changeset.
> 
> Perhaps you can explain why ?

It's quite easy, sensors are not connected to CSIDs. Moreover data flows
from any sensor can be processed on any CSID, there is no static hardware
links, which are attempted to be introduced.

This is a similar review:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/427548c0-b0e3-4462-a15e-bd7843f00c7f@oss.qualcomm.com/

> Taking the example of other setups similar to CAMSS I believe as laid
> out above we should have
> 
> - Dedicated CSIPHY nodes

I see no problem here.

> - Use the upstream PHY API

I see no problem here as well.

> I believe individual CSIPHY nodes and endpoints from sensor to CSID are
> more consistent with established upstream schema.
> 
>> 2. The whole new changes for legacy/new CSIPHY support is not present
>> in v1-v6 of this changeset, it just appears out of nowhere in the v7,
>> and since it is broken it should be removed from v8 expectedly.
> Broken how though ?
> 
>> It's a pity to realize that instead of providing any review comments
>> for the CSIPHY support series sent to you one month ago a lot of time
>> is wastefully burnt on a broken by design change development.
> 
> I've been working on this on-and-off since the end of April:
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/c5cf0155-f839-4db9-b865-d39b56bb1e0a@linaro.org
> 
> The length of time isn't a good argument to apply a patch but, of course
> its annoying.

My experienced frustration is that I didn't get a maintainer's response
for more than one month:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250612011531.2923701-1-vladimir.zapolskiy@linaro.org/

> The rationale here is:
> 

A stitch in time saves nine.

You may start now a technical discussion right on the series above, then
I will make my best to fix any issues and send v2 following the regular
development process.

-- 
Best wishes,
Vladimir