[PATCH v4 3/6] media: i2c: ov5693: Gate the MIPI clock lane for non-continuous clock
From: Fernando Rimoli
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 16:08:16 EST
The ov5693 never programs MIPI_CTRL00 (0x4800), leaving it at its 0x00
power-on default, which lets the MIPI clock run freely. The IPU3 CSI-2
receiver tolerates this, but the IPU6 receiver (e.g. on Microsoft
Surface Pro 8/9 and Surface Go 4) fails to lock onto the link, so the
sensor streams but capture times out with "stream stop time out" and no
frames arrive.
Parse the "clock-noncontinuous" endpoint property (which sets the
V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_NONCONTINUOUS_CLOCK flag) and, when it is present, gate
the clock lane while idle at stream on. Bit 5 of MIPI_CTRL00 has the
same meaning here as in ov5647, which sets it for the same purpose.
Unlike ov5647, which owns the register across its own stream on and off,
this is a read-modify-write of the single gate bit: the ov5693 otherwise
never touches MIPI_CTRL00, so preserving the rest of it keeps every
platform that does not ask for a non-continuous clock bit-for-bit as it
was. No counterpart is needed at stream off, as the link is down by then
and the register returns to its default when the sensor is powered off.
The "clock-noncontinuous" property is supplied by the ipu-bridge for the
affected IPU6 variants in a subsequent patch.
Link: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/pull/2171
Co-developed-by: Arsalan Naeem <naeemarsalan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arsalan Naeem <naeemarsalan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fernando Rimoli <fernandorimoli11@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/i2c/ov5693.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5693.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5693.c
index 02236f3db..cedc6ea03 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5693.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5693.c
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
#define OV5693_STOP_STREAMING 0x00
#define OV5693_SW_RESET 0x01
+/* MIPI transmitter control */
+#define OV5693_MIPI_CTRL00_REG CCI_REG8(0x4800)
+/* Gate the clock lane when there is no packet to transmit */
+#define OV5693_MIPI_CTRL00_CLOCK_LANE_GATE BIT(5)
+
#define OV5693_REG_CHIP_ID CCI_REG16(0x300a)
/* Yes, this is right. The datasheet for the OV5693 gives its ID as 0x5690 */
#define OV5693_CHIP_ID 0x5690
@@ -144,6 +149,9 @@ struct ov5693_device {
struct regulator_bulk_data supplies[OV5693_NUM_SUPPLIES];
struct clk *xvclk;
+ /* Gate the MIPI clock lane when idle (CSI-2 non-continuous clock) */
+ bool clock_ncont;
+
struct ov5693_mode {
struct v4l2_rect crop;
struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt format;
@@ -611,6 +619,19 @@ static int ov5693_enable_streaming(struct ov5693_device *ov5693, bool enable)
{
int ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * Gate the MIPI clock lane while idle if the CSI-2 link is configured
+ * for a non-continuous clock. Only that bit is touched, and only in
+ * that case, so the register keeps whatever the platform left in it
+ * and the clock stays free-running as before everywhere else. It
+ * needs no counterpart at stream off: the link is down by then, and
+ * the register returns to its default when the sensor is powered off.
+ */
+ if (enable && ov5693->clock_ncont)
+ cci_update_bits(ov5693->regmap, OV5693_MIPI_CTRL00_REG,
+ OV5693_MIPI_CTRL00_CLOCK_LANE_GATE,
+ OV5693_MIPI_CTRL00_CLOCK_LANE_GATE, &ret);
+
cci_write(ov5693->regmap, OV5693_SW_STREAM_REG,
enable ? OV5693_START_STREAMING : OV5693_STOP_STREAMING,
&ret);
@@ -1259,6 +1280,9 @@ static int ov5693_check_hwcfg(struct ov5693_device *ov5693)
goto out_free_bus_cfg;
}
+ ov5693->clock_ncont = bus_cfg.bus.mipi_csi2.flags &
+ V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_NONCONTINUOUS_CLOCK;
+
out_free_bus_cfg:
v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_free(&bus_cfg);
--
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