[PATCH 0/4] phy: rockchip-samsung-dcphy: support the D-PHY receiver direction

From: Jason Yang via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 06:43:35 EST


The Samsung DC-PHY on RK3588 contains both a MIPI transmitter (DSI)
and a MIPI receiver (CSI) with separate register banks and resets.
Mainline currently models only the transmitter. This series adds the
receiver so a CSI camera can use the PHY, including running both
directions concurrently (a DSI panel and a CSI camera on the same PHY
instance).

Design notes, to answer the obvious questions up front:

- Direction as a phy-cell rather than a phy_set_mode() submode:
The PHY core reference-counts power_on() per struct phy. Bringing TX
and RX up and down independently requires one struct phy per
direction; a submode on a single phy cannot express two concurrent
owners. The extra cell selects which of the two phys a consumer
gets, following how phy-exynos-mipi-video exposes multiple phys
from one register block. The existing single-cell binding still
resolves to the transmitter, ensuring shipped device trees remain
unaffected.

- BIAS block coordination:
The BIAS block is part of the PHY's common block and exists once for
both directions (RK3588 TRM section 22.2), so it must be programmed
only once. Whichever direction powers on first enables it; the
first-on/last-off coordination follows phy-exynos-mipi-video.

- RX tuning:
RX tuning uses fixed RK3588 defaults. Boards that need finer
receiver tuning should extend phy_configure_opts_mipi_dphy rather
than add private device-tree properties.

Patch summary:
patch 1: dt-bindings: optional second #phy-cells cell for direction
patch 2: prep: symmetric TX power on/off helpers, no functional change
patch 3: register one struct phy per direction
patch 4: implement the receiver

Testing:
The series was tested on an IEI WAFER-RK3588 board across the following
configurations:
- Concurrent TX/RX: IMX219 CSI camera capture (640x480, 1640x1232,
1920x1080, and 3280x2464 in both RAW10 and RAW8) and OV5640 capture
(1920x1080) through the DC-PHY RX, running concurrently with a MIPI
DSI panel (ILI9881C, 720x1280) driven through the TX half of the same
PHY instance.
- Standalone modes: DSI-only and CSI-only configurations.
- Backward compatibility: A shipped single-cell DSI device tree
resolving unchanged to the transmitter.

HS-video fix that is not part of this submission; however, the receiver
support added here is exercised and verified independently by the
CSI-only capture tests.

Note: The DSI half of the concurrent test required a local dw-mipi-dsi2
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Jason Yang (4):
dt-bindings: phy: rockchip,rk3588-mipi-dcphy: support per-direction phys
phy: rockchip-samsung-dcphy: factor MIPI D-PHY power on/off into helpers
phy: rockchip-samsung-dcphy: model TX and RX as separate PHYs
phy: rockchip-samsung-dcphy: add MIPI D-PHY receiver support

.../bindings/phy/rockchip,rk3588-mipi-dcphy.yaml | 22 +-
drivers/phy/rockchip/phy-rockchip-samsung-dcphy.c | 456 +++++++++++++++++++--
.../dt-bindings/phy/phy-rockchip-samsung-dcphy.h | 13 +
3 files changed, 442 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
change-id: 20260721-dcphy-rx-v1-9af57f3edfd9

Best regards,
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Jason Yang <jason98166@xxxxxxxxx>