[PATCH v6 00/11] media: rcar: Streams support
From: Tomi Valkeinen
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 08:03:18 EST
Add streams support to Renesas rcar platform driver.
The series keeps compatibility with the current upstream for a single
stream use case. However, in upstream there's a limited custom
multi-stream support implemented to the rcar driver, which will be
replaced with the upstream's Streams API.
I have tested this series on Sparrow-Hawk board, with a few different
setups:
1) IMX219 on the CSI0 connector (video)
2) Arducam FPD-Link board + 4 x IMX219 on the CSI0 connector (video)
- Only two extra patches needed for testing: one to enable the V4L2
Streams API, another to add .get_frame_desc() to imx219.
3) IMX219 on the CSI0 connector (video + emb)
- A bunch of other patches applied to enable full streams support,
internal pads and embedded data support in imx219 and v4l2 framework
4) Arducam FPD-Link board + 4 x IMX219 on the CSI0 connector (video + emb)
- A bunch of other patches applied to enable full streams support,
internal pads and embedded data support in imx219 and v4l2 framework
- Tested with video and embedded data streams from all four cameras (so
8 streams in total)
I can't properly test the error recovery, but I did trigger it manually
with the FPD-Link setup running, and it worked fine.
I have observed one issue with the embedded data (i.e. a test case not
supported in upstream kernel): when stopping streaming, VIN says that it
cannot stop the stream. I haven't debugged that, but a possible issue is
that if the video stream for the imx219 is stopped first, the embedded
data stops also, and VIN does not get the frame-end it is waiting for.
This needs further study, but I don't see it as a blocker for this
series as embedded data support is not in upstream.
Tomi
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v6:
- Rebase on v7.1, dropping the need for any dependency patches
- New patch "media: rcar-vin: Fix comment related to stride handling"
- Add comment wrt. not allowing get_frame_desc on rcar-csi2 for gen3
- Fix rcar-csi2 error recovery. In the previous version it just disabled
and enabled the CSI2 RX, now it also disables and enables the streams
on the source device.
- As part of the previous change, we now track enabled_sink_streams_mask
in rcar-csi2 instead of stream_count (the previous code also wasn't
quite right, as it assumed enable/disable streams ops would only be
called with a single stream. which is true, but was a hidden
assumption).
- Fix issue in rcar-csi2, v4l2_subdev_state_xlate_streams() was always
called with RCAR_CSI2_SOURCE_VC0, instead of the actual source_pad.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260311-rcar-streams-v5-0-3e6c957d7567@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v5:
- Rebase on v7.0-rc2, with the streams preparation series and
get_frame_desc_passthrough series as dependencies
- This series is now smaller, as the non-streams parts are in the
streams preparation series
- Fix "variable ‘format’ set but not used" warning
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251216-rcar-streams-v4-0-f28b4831cc67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v4:
- Rebased on v6.18, with minor conflicts resolved
- Improved patch descriptions
- Re-ordered the patches a bit to move changes that could be applied
without the full streams support to the beginning of the series
- Added "media: rcar-vin: Link VINs on Gen3 to a single channel on each
CSI-2" which removes possibility of wrong routing config on Gen3
- Added "media: rcar-csi2: Improve FLD_FLD_EN macros" which was part of
another patch in v3
- Addressed minor comments (constifyings, cosmetics)
- Fixed the missing stream_count checks in disable_streams ops
- Fixed a few instances in csisp and csi2 where
v4l2_subdev_state_get_format() was called with hardcoded pad/stream,
instead of using the data from the route
- Dropped unnecessary ISPPROCMODE_DT_REG register clears
- Squashed "media: rcar-csi2: Add more stream support to
rcsi2_calc_mbps()" into a previous patch
- Dropped wrong use_isp check from csi2's rcsi2_set_routing()
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250530-rcar-streams-v3-0-026655df7138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v3:
- Rebased on top of latest linux-media
- Dropped dependencies which are already in linux-media (only remaining
dependency is v4l2_subdev_get_frame_desc_passthrough)
- Tested on white-hawk board, using the staging deser TPG
- Also tested in a WIP branch for GMSL2 (two video streams)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250326-rcar-streams-v2-0-d0d7002c641f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v2:
- Rebased on top of latest upstream, and updated the dependencies to
match the latest serieses sent.
- Add new patch "media: rcar-csi2: Use the pad version of v4l2_get_link_freq()"
- Drop "media: rcar-csi2: Fix typo" (it was not a typo)
- Update the code in calc_mbps(). The previous method relied on
V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ, but that's not available if the link-freq is
provided via get_mbus_config().
- Dropped dependencies to Niklas' old series which doesn't apply
cleanly. It's needed for multi-stream, but not for the current
upstream which only has a single stream use case.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219-rcar-streams-v1-0-f1b93e370aab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Tomi Valkeinen (11):
media: rcar-vin: Fix comment related to stride handling
media: rcar-vin: Link VINs on Gen3 to a single channel on each CSI-2
media: rcar-isp: Move {enable|disable}_streams() calls
media: rcar-csi2: Move {enable|disable}_streams() calls
media: rcar-csi2: Switch to Streams API
media: rcar-isp: Switch to Streams API
media: rcar-csi2: Add .get_frame_desc op
media: rcar-isp: Call get_frame_desc to find out VC & DT
media: rcar-csi2: Call get_frame_desc to find out VC & DT (Gen3)
media: rcar-csi2: Add full streams support
media: rcar-isp: Add full streams support
drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-csi2.c | 373 ++++++++++++++++-----
drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-isp/csisp.c | 227 ++++++++++---
.../media/platform/renesas/rcar-vin/rcar-core.c | 27 +-
drivers/media/platform/renesas/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 487 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 8cd9520d35a6c38db6567e97dd93b1f11f185dc6
change-id: 20250219-rcar-streams-1fdea8860e5e
Best regards,
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Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>