Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: BCM2835 MMAL V4L2 camera driver

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Em Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:04:28 -0700
Michael Zoran <mzoran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On Sun, 2017-03-19 at 13:58 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:34:36 -0700
> > Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> >   
> > > Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >   
> > > > Em Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:46:24 -0700
> > > > Michael Zoran <mzoran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > >   
> > > > > On Wed, 2017-03-15 at 22:08 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > > >   
> > > > > > No, I didn't. Thanks! Applied it but, unfortunately, didn't
> > > > > > work.
> > > > > > Perhaps I'm missing some other patch. I'm compiling it from
> > > > > > the Greg's staging tree (branch staging-next):
> > > > > > 	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/
> > > > > > staging.
> > > > > > git/log/?h=staging-next
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Btw, as I'm running Raspbian, and didn't want to use compat32
> > > > > > bits,Â
> > > > > > I'm compiling the Kernel as an arm32 bits Kernel.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I did a small trick to build the DTB on arm32:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	ln -sf ../../../arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837-rpi-3-
> > > > > > b.dts
> > > > > > arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
> > > > > > 	ln -sf ../../../arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837.dtsi
> > > > > > arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837.dtsi
> > > > > > 	git checkout arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> > > > > > 	sed "s,bcm2835-rpi-zero.dtb,bcm2835-rpi-zero.dtb
> > > > > > bcm2837-rpi-3-
> > > > > > b.dtb," a && mv a arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> > > > > > ÂÂ  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Two other hacks are currently needed to get the camera to work:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 1. Add this to config.txt(This required to get the firmware to
> > > > > detect
> > > > > the camera)
> > > > > 
> > > > > start_x=1
> > > > > gpu_mem=128  
> > > > 
> > > > I had this already.
> > > >   
> > > > > 
> > > > > 2. VC4 is incompatible with the firmware at this time, so you
> > > > > needÂ
> > > > > to presently munge the build configuration. What you do is
> > > > > leave
> > > > > simplefb in the build config(I'm assuming you already have
> > > > > that), but
> > > > > you will need to remove VC4 from the config.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The firmware currently adds a node for a simplefb for debugging
> > > > > purposes to show the boot log.ÂÂSurprisingly, this is still
> > > > > good enough
> > > > > for basic usage and testing.ÂÂ  
> > > > 
> > > > That solved the issue. Thanks! It would be good to add a notice
> > > > about that at the TODO, not let it build if DRM_VC4.
> > > > 
> > > > Please consider applying the enclosed path.  
> > > 
> > > The VC4 incompatibility (camera firmware's AWB ends up briefly
> > > using the
> > > GPU, without coordinating with the Linux driver) is supposed to be
> > > fixed
> > > in current firmware
> > > (https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/760#issuecomment-28
> > > 7391025)  
> > 
> > With the current firmware, when X starts, the screen becomes blank,
> > with upstream Kernel (it works with the downstream Kernel shipped
> > withÂ
> > the firmware).
> > 
> > Maybe something changed at DT?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mauro  
> 
> Hi, exactly which DT are you using and which drivers are you using for
> video.

I'm using the one at Greg's staging tree.

> If this is a RPI 3, then as you know VC4 doesn't work due to the
> HDMI hotplug issue. So I'm not 100% sure how you were getting video.

> 
> A working DT that I tried this morning with the current firmware is
> posted here:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-rpi-kernel/2017-March/005924
> .html
> 
> It even works with minecraft_pi!


Yeah, something like that solved it, thanks! With the new firmware
and the enclosed patch, compiling with VIDEO_BCM2835 

I had to comment two blocks for it to work with upstream Kernel, though.

Patch enclosed.

Thanks!
Mauro

[PATCH] bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts: fix it to work with newer firmware

Newer firmware require extra stuff to DT.

Suggested-by: Michael Zoran <mzoran@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
index c309633a1e87..7e8d42904022 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
@@ -17,6 +17,45 @@
 			gpios = <&gpio 47 0>;
 		};
 	};
+
+
+	soc {
+
+//		hvs at 7e400000 {
+//			status = "disabled";
+//		};
+
+//		v3d: v3d at 7ec00000 {
+//			status = "disabled";
+//		};
+
+		vc4: gpu {
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
+
+		fb: fb {
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
+
+		vchiq: vchiq {
+			compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-vchiq";
+			reg = <0x7e00b840 0xf>;
+			interrupts = <0 2>;
+			cache-line-size = <32>;
+			firmware = <&firmware>;
+		};
+
+		audio: audio {
+			compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-audio";
+			brcm,pwm-channels = <8>;
+		};
+
+	};
+
+	__overrides__ {
+		cache_line_size = <&vchiq>, "cache-line-size:0";
+	};
+
 };
 
 &uart1 {


Thanks,
Mauro