[PATCH v3] media: ov5640: select the MIPI lane mode from the endpoint lane count
From: Jason Yang via B4 Relay
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 03:32:20 EST
From: Jason Yang <jason98166@xxxxxxxxx>
ov5640_set_stream_mipi() always programs IO_MIPI_CTRL00 with 0x45,
which selects the two data lane mode: the number of data lanes
described in the devicetree endpoint only feeds the sensor's clock
tree computations, so a module wired with one data lane starts
streaming in two lane mode and the receiver never assembles a
frame.
Take the lane mode from the endpoint instead. The field encodes
the lane count directly - 001 for one lane, 010 for two - per the
current sensor manual (version 2.33). The 2.03 manual documented
000/001 for one/two lanes; OmniVision corrected the table in
version 2.1, which is why the long-standing comment here found 001
unusable for two lanes and validated 010 instead.
The power-up path also programs a two data lane mode, but that
value is overwritten when streaming starts, so it is left alone.
Tested with a single data lane module on an i.MX8MP board
(imx-mipi-csis receiver), where the unpatched value produces no
frames at all, and on an RK3588 board.
Fixes: 19a81c1426c1 ("[media] add Omnivision OV5640 sensor driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jason Yang <jason98166@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
---
Changes in v3:
- Inline the lane count in the write instead of going through a
local variable (Sakari Ailus).
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260811-ov5640-1lane-v1-v2-1-65205ae86feb@xxxxxxxxx
Changes in v2:
- Compute the register value from the lane count in the single
write instead of branching on it (Sakari Ailus), with the count
in a local variable to stay within 80 columns; the programmed
values are unchanged, 0x25 for one lane and 0x45 for two.
- Request a normal stable backport rather than opting out of
AUTOSEL (Sakari Ailus).
- Drop the quotes around the function name in the reference from
ov5640_set_power_mipi() (Sakari Ailus).
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260811-ov5640-1lane-v1-v1-1-79699457ce13@xxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c | 18 ++++++------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c
index 8deb5f5501fa..18c3bb5498f8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c
@@ -1831,22 +1831,16 @@ static int ov5640_set_stream_mipi(struct ov5640_dev *sensor, bool on)
/*
* Enable/disable the MIPI interface
*
- * 0x300e = on ? 0x45 : 0x40
- *
- * FIXME: the sensor manual (version 2.03) reports
- * [7:5] = 000 : 1 data lane mode
- * [7:5] = 001 : 2 data lanes mode
- * But this settings do not work, while the following ones
- * have been validated for 2 data lanes mode.
- *
- * [7:5] = 010 : 2 data lanes mode
+ * [7:5] : data lane count, 001 for one lane and 010 for two,
+ * per version 2.33 of the sensor manual
* [4] = 0 : Power up MIPI HS Tx
* [3] = 0 : Power up MIPI LS Rx
* [2] = 1/0 : MIPI interface enable/disable
* [1:0] = 01/00: FIXME: 'debug'
*/
ret = ov5640_write_reg(sensor, OV5640_REG_IO_MIPI_CTRL00,
- on ? 0x45 : 0x40);
+ on ? 0x5 | sensor->ep.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes << 5 :
+ 0x40);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -2535,8 +2529,8 @@ static int ov5640_set_power_mipi(struct ov5640_dev *sensor, bool on)
* Power up MIPI HS Tx and LS Rx; 2 data lanes mode
*
* 0x300e = 0x40
- * [7:5] = 010 : 2 data lanes mode (see FIXME note in
- * "ov5640_set_stream_mipi()")
+ * [7:5] = 010 : 2 data lanes mode (see the note in
+ * ov5640_set_stream_mipi())
* [4] = 0 : Power up MIPI HS Tx
* [3] = 0 : Power up MIPI LS Rx
* [2] = 1 : MIPI interface enabled
---
base-commit: 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
change-id: 20260811-ov5640-1lane-v1-b0fe37eab4d8
Best regards,
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Jason Yang <jason98166@xxxxxxxxx>