[PATCH RFC 0/8] media: camss: Add support for C-PHY configuration on Qualcomm platforms

[David Heidelberg via B4 Relay]

# Short summary

This patch series extends the Qualcomm CAMSS (Camera Subsystem),
including CSID and CSIPHY components, to support C-PHY mode configuration.

# Background and motivation

Modern smartphone cameras increasingly rely on MIPI C-PHY rather than D-PHY,
thanks to its higher data throughput and signal efficiency. As a result,
many OEMs adopt C-PHY interfaces for main (rear) cameras on Qualcomm-based
devices.

Until now, mainline Linux lacked C-PHY configuration support for Qualcomm
chipsets, preventing bring-up of primary camera sensors on several
Snapdragon platforms. This series closes that gap.

 - Introduces C-PHY configuration support for the CAMSS driver stack,
   covering both CSID and CSIPHY blocks.
 - Successfully enables C-PHY operation on the Snapdragon 845 platform.
 - Tested on OnePlus 6 and 6T phones running mainline Linux,
   using the Sony IMX519 main camera sensor.
 - The new configuration allows other chipsets versionsto enable C-PHY by
   simply adding corresponding sensor driver support and csiphy
   initialization data, following the example set for sdm845.

With this patch series, mainline Linux gains working C-PHY support for
Snapdragon 845, paving the way for improved main camera functionality
across many Qualcomm-based devices. The groundwork also simplifies
future enablement efforts for additional SoCs and sensors.

Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>
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Casey Connolly (1):
      media: qcom: camss: csiphy-3ph: Add Gen2 v1.1 MIPI CSI-2 CPHY init

David Heidelberg (6):
      media: qcom: camss: csiphy: Introduce C-PHY
      media: qcom: camss: csiphy-3ph: Use odd bits for configuring C-PHY lanes
      media: qcom: camss: Prepare CSID for C-PHY support
      media: qcom: camss: csiphy-3ph: Use sdm845 C-PHY configuration sequence
      media: qcom: camss: Account for C-PHY when calculating link frequency
      media: qcom: camss: Remove D-PHY-only endpoint restriction

Petr Hodina (1):
      media: qcom: camss: Initialize lanes after lane configuration is available

 .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid-gen2.c    |   1 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid.c     |   3 +-
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid.h     |   1 +
 .../platform/qcom/camss/camss-csiphy-3ph-1-0.c     | 165 ++++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csiphy.c   |   6 +-
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csiphy.h   |   2 +
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c          |  24 ++-
 drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.h          |   2 +-
 8 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 9c0826a5d9aa4d52206dd89976858457a2a8a7ed
change-id: 20251109-qcom-cphy-bb8cbda1c644

Best regards,
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David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>