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 16:22, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 15/07/2025 14:08, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>>> 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 statement is not correct.
>>
>> Please elaborate, what statement above is not correct?
> 
> "static hardware links, which are attempted to be introduced"
> 
> No such static hardware link is being attempted to be introduced, that
> statement is incorrect or a misunderstanding of the intention.
> 
>>
>>> The port@ in CAMSS pertains to the camss-csiphy device not to the
>>> camss-csid device, so there is no hard link to any specific CSID in the
>>> dts scheme here.
>>
>> And here it's just a confirmation that my statement above is correct,
>> so please be consistent, and especially in any kind of accusations like
>> you've just given above.
> 
> Sorry Vlad I don't see much basis litigating this further.
> 
> I've been very clear, I think we should have standalone CSIPHYs, there's
> no reason to bury them inside of the CAMSS block - see CCI.

I've never insisted on embedded CSIPHY device tree nodes under CAMSS
device tree node, and I don't argue with it, it's kind of a red herring.

Can you please write this comment on the relevant series discussion?

https://lore.kernel.org/all/bed8c29c-1365-4005-aac7-1635a28295bf@linaro.org/

> There's a clear way to do endpoints established from sensor to consumer,
> there's no reason to give that data to the above CSIPHY driver, it has
> no "use case" for it.

Please don't ignore a different opinion shared by Konrad or me:

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

It's unclear why this particular device tree properties are going to be
added into some different device tree node. Since somebody made an effort
to spot and discuss it, please share your brought effort as well.

Unfortunately your series does not look technically correct due to the
given reason, there should be a mitigation, and the defence in form of
"it's been done always this (presumably wrong) way and shall be continued
to be done this (presumably wrong) way" is barely acceptable.

> Its unfortunate we've done parallel work but, I'd ask you at this point

Reaching this point was not a coincidence, unfortunately.

> to rebase your multiple sensor work on the proposed CSIPHY series here
> and for drivers/phy.
> 

Please note that the technical discussion of this series has just started,
so there is little sense to rebase anything else on top of incomplete work.

The practice of "don't look, don't see" shall not be normalized among
Linux kernel maintainers.

-- 
Best wishes,
Vladimir