linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] Add OV5647 device tree documentation

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Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:40:34 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Ramiro Oliveira <Ramiro.Oliveira@...opsys.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com,
        CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Steve Longerbeam <slongerbeam@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] Add OV5647 device tree documentation

Hi Ramiro,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 02:30:16PM +0000, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> Thank you for your feedback.
> 
> On 2/21/2017 11:57 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Ramiro,
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 01:14:15PM +0000, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> >> Create device tree bindings documentation.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ramiro Oliveira <roliveir@...opsys.com>
> >> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> >> ---
> >>  .../devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt       | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..31956426d3b9
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5647.txt
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
> >> +Omnivision OV5647 raw image sensor
> >> +---------------------------------
> >> +
> >> +OV5647 is a raw image sensor with MIPI CSI-2 and CCP2 image data interfaces
> >> +and CCI (I2C compatible) control bus.
> >> +
> >> +Required properties:
> >> +
> >> +- compatible		: "ovti,ov5647".
> >> +- reg			: I2C slave address of the sensor.
> >> +- clocks		: Reference to the xclk clock.
> >> +- clock-names		: Should be "xclk".
> >> +- clock-frequency	: Frequency of the xclk clock.
> >> +
> >> +The common video interfaces bindings (see video-interfaces.txt) should be
> >> +used to specify link to the image data receiver. The OV5647 device
> >> +node should contain one 'port' child node with an 'endpoint' subnode.
> > 
> > The remote-endpoint property in endpoint nodes should be mandatory,
> > shouldn't it? Otherwise the sensor isn't connected to anything and hardly
> > useful as such. The list of optional endpoint properties is a long one and
> > it should be documented here which ones are recognised, either as optional
> > or mandatory.
> > 
> 
> I guess you're right, it should be mandatory, although at the moment I'm not
> checking for it's presence in the driver so I'll add it to the driver.
> 
> At the moment that's the only property I think it should be mandatory, and I
> don't believe I need any optional one.
> 
> Do you have a suggestion for any new property I should use?

As you don't need any in the driver for the driver to work, you can omit
them.

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi	XMPP: sailus@...iisi.org.uk