linux-kernel - Re: Missing MIPI IPU6 camera driver for Intel Alder Lake laptops

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 15:51:36 +0500
From:   Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>,
        Wang Yating <yating.wang@...el.com>,
        Christoph Jechlitschek <christoph.jechlitschek@...el.com>,
        Hao Yao <hao.yao@...el.com>, Andy Yeh <andy.yeh@...el.com>,
        Bingbu Cao <bingbu.cao@...el.com>,
        Tianshu Qiu <tian.shu.qiu@...el.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Mark Pearson <markpearson@...ovo.com>,
        Dell.Client.Kernel@...l.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...gle.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        Christian Schaller <cschalle@...hat.com>,
        Wouter Bolsterlee <wouter@...sterl.ee>,
        Miguel Palhas <mpalhas@...il.com>, it+linux-media@...gen.mpg.de
Subject: Re: Missing MIPI IPU6 camera driver for Intel Alder Lake laptops

Hi Sakari,

On 9/22/22 6:06 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Greg, others,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 05:02:40PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 04:54:53PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> For the time being, I agree with your recommendation to not buy these
>>> devices if you care about camera support.
>>
>> I second this, don't buy these devices if the vendor is not willing to
>> get their drivers upstreamed properly.
> 
> I can now confirm that IPU6 driver upstreaming is now planned, with IPU6
> input system driver to be upstreamed first. The intent is that we would
> have patches for review on LMML around the end of the year.
Is there any update on IPU6 driver? Probably it hasn't been sent upstream yet?

> 
> The processing system driver will need more work to replace the custom
> interface. For a fully functional camera stack, also libcamera support for
> IPU6 will be needed.
> 
> I think I can say a major factor for why we're here is that the original
> intent was to use a different interface for upstream but as we don't have
> one yet and probably won't for quite some time, this doesn't really seem
> like a viable option anymore.
> 
> So I'm afraid I can't promise a quick fix but at the same time I can say
> work is being done to address this.
> 

-- 
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum