Re: [PATCH v3 23/25] drivers: media: i2c: imx258: Add support for powerdown gpio

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Ondřej,

On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 06:57:56PM +0200, Ondřej Jirman wrote:
> Hi Sakari and Luis,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 04:25:41PM GMT, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Luis, Ondrej,
> > 
> > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:03:52AM -0600, git@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Luis Garcia <git@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > On some boards powerdown signal needs to be deasserted for this
> > > sensor to be enabled.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Jirman <megi@xxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Luis Garcia <git@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c b/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > index 30352c33f63c..163f04f6f954 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/imx258.c
> > > @@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ struct imx258 {
> > >  	unsigned int lane_mode_idx;
> > >  	unsigned int csi2_flags;
> > >  
> > > +	struct gpio_desc *powerdown_gpio;
> > > +
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 * Mutex for serialized access:
> > >  	 * Protect sensor module set pad format and start/stop streaming safely.
> > > @@ -1213,6 +1215,8 @@ static int imx258_power_on(struct device *dev)
> > >  	struct imx258 *imx258 = to_imx258(sd);
> > >  	int ret;
> > >  
> > > +	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(imx258->powerdown_gpio, 0);
> > 
> > What does the spec say? Should this really happen before switching on the
> > supplies below?
> 
> There's no powerdown input in the IMX258 manual. The manual only mentions
> that XCLR (reset) should be held low during power on.
> 
> https://megous.com/dl/tmp/15b0992a720ab82d.png
> 
> https://megous.com/dl/tmp/f2cc991046d97641.png
> 
>    This sensor doesn’t have a built-in “Power ON Reset” function. The XCLR pin
>    is set to “LOW” and the power supplies are brought up. Then the XCLR pin
>    should be set to “High” after INCK supplied.
> 
> So this input is some feature on camera module itself outside of the
> IMX258 chip, which I think is used to gate power to the module. Eg. on Pinephone
> Pro, there are two modules with shared power rails, so enabling supply to
> one module enables it to the other one, too. So this input becomes the only way
> to really enable/disable power to the chip when both are used at once at some
> point, because regulator_bulk_enable/disable becomes ineffective at that point.

The hardware designers sometimes do not consider the difficulty of
implementing software support for their choice of design. Maybe this could
be modelled as a GPIO regulator? But it'd depend on another regulator and
I'm not sure that is covered.

The camera sensor generally consume very little power in software standby
mode so the potential saving here are probably irrelevant.

> 
> Luis, maybe you saw some other datasheet that mentions this input? IMO,
> it just gates the power rails via some mosfets on the module itself, since
> there's not power down input to the chip itself.
> 
> kind regards,
> 	o.
> 
> > > +
> > >  	ret = regulator_bulk_enable(IMX258_NUM_SUPPLIES,
> > >  				    imx258->supplies);
> > >  	if (ret) {
> > > @@ -1224,6 +1228,7 @@ static int imx258_power_on(struct device *dev)
> > >  	ret = clk_prepare_enable(imx258->clk);
> > >  	if (ret) {
> > >  		dev_err(dev, "failed to enable clock\n");
> > > +		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(imx258->powerdown_gpio, 1);
> > >  		regulator_bulk_disable(IMX258_NUM_SUPPLIES, imx258->supplies);
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > @@ -1238,6 +1243,8 @@ static int imx258_power_off(struct device *dev)
> > >  	clk_disable_unprepare(imx258->clk);
> > >  	regulator_bulk_disable(IMX258_NUM_SUPPLIES, imx258->supplies);
> > >  
> > > +	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(imx258->powerdown_gpio, 1);
> > > +
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > @@ -1541,6 +1548,12 @@ static int imx258_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> > >  	if (!imx258->variant_cfg)
> > >  		imx258->variant_cfg = &imx258_cfg;
> > >  
> > > +	/* request optional power down pin */
> > > +	imx258->powerdown_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&client->dev, "powerdown",
> > > +						    GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> > > +	if (IS_ERR(imx258->powerdown_gpio))
> > > +		return PTR_ERR(imx258->powerdown_gpio);
> > > +
> > >  	/* Initialize subdev */
> > >  	v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&imx258->sd, client, &imx258_subdev_ops);
> > >  
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Sakari Ailus

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus