Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] media: ipu-bridge: Add the Surface Pro 9 and 11 infrared illuminator

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Sergey,

On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 09:34:50AM +0000, Sergey Lebedev wrote:
> On the Surface Pro 9 and on the Surface Pro 11 with Intel, the infrared
> illuminator is driven by the VD55G0's GPIO 1, which strobes it during
> the exposure. The ACPI tables do not describe it, so the sensor driver
> finds no st,leds and offers no V4L2_CID_FLASH_LED_MODE.
> 
> Give the sensor's software node st,leds from a DMI match, as the
> upside-down quirk gives a rotation. dev_properties gains an entry for it,
> as a sensor can also have a lens-focus reference. The software nodes
> outlive the module, so the property name goes into struct
> ipu_property_names and the GPIO numbers into struct ipu_sensor, where
> nothing points into the module image.
> 
> Tested-by: Fernando Rimoli <fernandorimoli11@xxxxxxxxx> # Surface Pro 9, IPU6
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Lebedev <lsa.uz@xxxxx>
> ---
> v3: no change.
> v2: the st,leds name and GPIO numbers live in the bridge's own
> structs, as the software nodes outlive the module (Fernando); the
> Surface Pro 9 is added (Fernando).
> 
> D. Manresa's ipu-bridge series changes the same lens-focus line;
> whichever of the two lands second needs a trivial rebase:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261026082549.662885-1-dmanresa@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
>  drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/media/ipu-bridge.h           |  6 ++-
>  2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
> index c99c85b7e6f..8d2025acf7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
> @@ -283,6 +283,42 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id upside_down_sensor_dmi_ids[] = {
>  	{} /* Terminating entry */
>  };
>  
> +/*
> + * Sensor GPIOs that drive an illuminator, for machines whose ACPI tables do
> + * not say which. They reach the sensor driver as its own leds property.
> + */
> +struct ipu_sensor_leds {
> +	const char *hid;
> +	u32 gpios[IPU_MAX_LED_GPIOS];
> +	unsigned int nr_gpios;
> +};
> +
> +/* The infrared illuminator, strobed by the VD55G0's GPIO 1 */
> +static const struct ipu_sensor_leds surface_pro_ir_leds = {
> +	.hid = "SMO55F0",
> +	.gpios = { 1 },
> +	.nr_gpios = 1,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct dmi_system_id sensor_leds_dmi_ids[] = {
> +	{
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Microsoft Corporation"),
> +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Surface Pro 9"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (void *)&surface_pro_ir_leds,
> +	},
> +	{
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Microsoft Corporation"),
> +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME,
> +					"Surface Pro for Business 11th Edition with Intel"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (void *)&surface_pro_ir_leds,
> +	},
> +	{} /* Terminating entry */
> +};
> +
>  static const struct ipu_property_names prop_names = {
>  	.clock_frequency = "clock-frequency",
>  	.rotation = "rotation",
> @@ -292,6 +328,7 @@ static const struct ipu_property_names prop_names = {
>  	.remote_endpoint = "remote-endpoint",
>  	.link_frequencies = "link-frequencies",
>  	.clock_noncontinuous = "clock-noncontinuous",
> +	.st_leds = "st,leds",
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const ipu_vcm_types[] = {
> @@ -563,6 +600,22 @@ int ipu_bridge_parse_ssdb(struct acpi_device *adev, struct ipu_sensor *sensor)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(ipu_bridge_parse_ssdb, "INTEL_IPU_BRIDGE");
>  
> +static const struct ipu_sensor_leds *
> +ipu_bridge_get_leds(const struct ipu_sensor_config *cfg)
> +{
> +	const struct dmi_system_id *dmi_id;
> +	const struct ipu_sensor_leds *leds;
> +
> +	for (dmi_id = dmi_first_match(sensor_leds_dmi_ids); dmi_id;
> +	     dmi_id = dmi_first_match(dmi_id + 1)) {
> +		leds = dmi_id->driver_data;
> +		if (!strcmp(cfg->hid, leds->hid))
> +			return leds;
> +	}
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
>  static void ipu_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
>  	struct ipu_sensor *sensor,
>  	struct ipu_bridge *bridge,
> @@ -570,7 +623,8 @@ static void ipu_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
>  {
>  	struct ipu_property_names *names = &sensor->prop_names;
>  	struct software_node *nodes = sensor->swnodes;
> -	unsigned int i = 0;
> +	const struct ipu_sensor_leds *leds;
> +	unsigned int i = 0, d = 3;
>  
>  	sensor->prop_names = prop_names;
>  
> @@ -624,10 +678,20 @@ static void ipu_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
>  	if (sensor->vcm_type) {
>  		sensor->vcm_ref[0] =
>  			SOFTWARE_NODE_REFERENCE(&sensor->swnodes[SWNODE_VCM]);
> -		sensor->dev_properties[3] =
> +		sensor->dev_properties[d++] =
>  			PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF_ARRAY("lens-focus", sensor->vcm_ref);
>  	}
>  
> +	leds = ipu_bridge_get_leds(cfg);
> +	if (leds) {
> +		memcpy(sensor->led_gpios, leds->gpios,
> +		       sizeof(sensor->led_gpios));
> +		sensor->dev_properties[d++] =
> +			PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32_ARRAY_LEN(names->st_leds,
> +						     sensor->led_gpios,
> +						     leds->nr_gpios);
> +	}
> +
>  	sensor->ep_properties[IPU_BRIDGE_NEXT_PROPERTY(i, EP_BUS_TYPE)] =
>  		PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32(names->bus_type,
>  				   V4L2_FWNODE_BUS_TYPE_CSI2_DPHY);
> diff --git a/include/media/ipu-bridge.h b/include/media/ipu-bridge.h
> index 3ef94c2b767..7383bdf5a45 100644
> --- a/include/media/ipu-bridge.h
> +++ b/include/media/ipu-bridge.h
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #define IPU_MAX_LANES				4
>  #define IPU_MAX_PORTS				4
>  #define MAX_NUM_LINK_FREQS			3
> +#define IPU_MAX_LED_GPIOS			4
>  
>  /* Values are educated guesses as we don't have a spec */
>  #define IPU_SENSOR_ROTATION_NORMAL		0
> @@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ struct ipu_property_names {
>  	char remote_endpoint[16];
>  	char link_frequencies[17];
>  	char clock_noncontinuous[20];
> +	char st_leds[8];
>  };
>  
>  struct ipu_node_names {
> @@ -178,8 +180,10 @@ struct ipu_sensor {
>  	const char *vcm_type;
>  
>  	struct ipu_property_names prop_names;
> +	/* The software nodes outlive the module, so these values live here */
> +	u32 led_gpios[IPU_MAX_LED_GPIOS];
>  	struct property_entry ep_properties[IPU_BRIDGE_EP_NUM_ENTRIES];
> -	struct property_entry dev_properties[5];
> +	struct property_entry dev_properties[6];

Can you handle dev_properties as ep_properties is handled now? I recall
there were patches that also did something in the area, related to keeping
all memory allocated when ipu-bridge is unloaded.

>  	struct property_entry ipu_properties[3];
>  	struct property_entry ivsc_properties[1];
>  	struct property_entry ivsc_sensor_ep_properties[4];
> 

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus