linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] media: raspberrypi: Support RPi5's CFE

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:23:30 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...asonboard.com>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Naushir Patuck
 <naush@...pberrypi.com>, Laurent Pinchart
 <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@...asonboard.com>,
 Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Raspberry Pi Kernel Maintenance <kernel-list@...pberrypi.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
 Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] media: raspberrypi: Support RPi5's CFE

On 19/03/2024 07:21, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 19/03/2024 08:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 18/03/2024 16:49, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
>>> This series adds support to the CFE hardware block on RaspberryPi 5. The
>>> CFE (Camera Front End) contains a CSI-2 receiver and Front End, a small
>>> ISP.
>>>
>>> This series is currently based on multiple other serieses:
>>>
>>> - Sakari's "[PATCH v8 00/38] Generic line based metadata support, internal
>>>    pads" for metadata support
>>> - Laurent's "[PATCH 00/15] media: Add driver for the Raspberry Pi <5
>>>    CSI-2 receiver" for a few new pixel formats and imx219 (for testing).
>>> - Jacopo's "[PATCH v5 0/9] media: raspberrypi: Add support for PiSP Back
>>>    End" for some shared uapi headers.
>>>
>>> And to run this, one of course needs the basic RPi5 kernel support plus
>>> relevant dts changes to enable the cfe and camera.
>>
>> Which makes it impossible to merge. Please work on decoupling.
> 
> Yes, it's not for merging as I wrote: "So at the moment we cannot merge 
> this driver, but hopefully the dependencies will get merged before the 
> reviews on this one are done."
> 
> I believe Sakari's and Jacopo's serieses should be very close to 
> merging, and those should satisfy the needs of the driver itself.
> 
> The DT bindings example uses a header from RPi5 base support series, and 
> if merging the base support seems to take a long time, I guess I could 
> drop the include and just use numbers instead for RP1_INT_MIPI0 and 
> RP1_CLK_MIPI0_CFG. And change those back later when the base support is 
> merged.

The problem is that your patches cannot be tested by automated tools.

Best regards,
Krzysztof