Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] reset: imx7: Correct polarity of MIPI CSI resets on i.MX8MQ
From: Robby Cai
Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 05:37:27 EST
On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 10:47:48AM +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> On Fr, 2026-04-17 at 16:08 +0800, Robby Cai wrote:
> > On i.MX8MQ, the MIPI CSI reset lines are active-low and not self-clearing.
> > Writing '0' asserts reset and it remains asserted until explicitly
> > deasserted by software.
> >
> > This driver previously treated the MIPI CSI reset signals as active-high,
> > which led to incorrect reset assert/deassert sequencing. This issue was
> > exposed by commit 6d79bb8fd2aa ("media: imx8mq-mipi-csi2: Explicitly
> > release reset").
>
> If this patch is backported without 6d79bb8fd2aa, or the other way
> around, will that break MIPI CSI-2 on older kernels? That would warrant
> a Cc: stable tag.
>
Yes, will break.
These two patches should be backported as a pair to ensure correct behavior.
Regards,
Robby