Re: [PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: connector: Add Toradex camera connector

[Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>]

Hello Kieran,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 08:10:27AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> Quoting Francesco Dolcini (2026-09-21 08:15:46)
> > 
> > On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 12:24:38PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> > > Quoting Rob Herring (2026-09-18 20:24:47)
> > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 07:12:05PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 12:01:51PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 06:39:30PM +0200, Ernest Van Hoecke wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Frank,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for reviewing this so quickly.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 11:26:22AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 05:37:59PM +0200, Ernest Van Hoecke wrote:
> > > > > > > > > From: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@toradex.com>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Toradex boards route the sideband signals of their 24-pin camera
> > > > > > > > > connectors to different GPIO controllers. Camera overlays which name
> > > > > > > > > those controllers directly must therefore be duplicated for each host
> > > > > > > > > board.

[...]

> > > > > That connector is there since years, not days.
> > > > > 
> > > > > We have multiple cameras, designed to mate with it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If tomorrow we will define a new camera connector (that is absolutely
> > > > > possible), the new connector will get its name, maybe
> > > > > toradex,camera-connector-v2, or toradex,camera-connector-22pin or
> > > > > whatever that connector would be named, not just in the DT, but also as
> > > > > a product and on the actual HW.
> > > > 
> I can imagine some connector updates might happen if(ahem, when?) MIPI
> C-PHY gains any popularity on industrial / SBCs / SoMs. Perhaps even
> sooner now that you have Qualcomm SoMs on the Aquila IQ-8275 SoMs.

Yes, I agree that we do not know the future. And changes are going to
happen.

Aquila IQ8 is going to expose the same interfaces than any other SoM
compliant with the Aquila family specification, and the camera connector
is part of the (already existing) carrier boards.

Francesco