[PATCH 4/6] arm64: dts: freescale: imx8m{m,p}-verdin: Add camera connector nexus

From: Ernest Van Hoecke

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 11:47:47 EST


From: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The Verdin Development Board, Dahlia and Mallow expose the same 24-pin CSI
camera connector, while Verdin iMX8M Mini and Verdin iMX8M Plus route its
sideband signals and media pipeline through different SoC resources.

Add a GPIO nexus to each carrier description and stable Verdin-level labels
for each module's CSI_1 I2C bus, receiver and capture engine. Keeping the
nexus in the carrier files avoids describing the physical connector on
carriers which do not provide it.

This gives accessory overlays a stable connector and media interface
without embedding either module's wiring in the accessory description.

Signed-off-by: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dahlia.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dev.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-mallow.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin.dtsi | 8 +++++++-
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dahlia.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dev.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-mallow.dtsi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin.dtsi | 7 ++++++-
8 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dahlia.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
index 3d0b14968131..4cf77559e69b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
*/

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio1 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
sound_card: sound-card {
compatible = "simple-audio-card";
simple-audio-card,bitclock-master = <&dailink_master>;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dev.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dev.dtsi
index 1d8d146d9eeb..51a836324c16 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dev.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-dev.dtsi
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
*/

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio1 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
sound_card: sound-card {
compatible = "simple-audio-card";
simple-audio-card,bitclock-master = <&dailink_master>;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-mallow.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-mallow.dtsi
index 4a0799d63446..5951cd19a84c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-mallow.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin-mallow.dtsi
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@
#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio1 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
leds {
compatible = "gpio-leds";
pinctrl-names = "default";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin.dtsi
index ac450fc6cbfb..5c72b279d506 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-verdin.dtsi
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ &cpu_crit0 {
temperature = <105000>;
};

+/* Verdin CSI_1 */
+verdin_csi_capture: &csi {};
+
&ddrc {
operating-points-v2 = <&ddrc_opp_table>;

@@ -596,7 +599,7 @@ &i2c2 {
/* Verdin I2C_3_HDMI N/A */

/* Verdin I2C_4_CSI */
-&i2c3 {
+verdin_csi_i2c: &i2c3 {
clock-frequency = <400000>;
pinctrl-names = "default", "gpio";
pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c3>;
@@ -695,6 +698,9 @@ eeprom_carrier_board: eeprom@57 {
};
};

+/* Verdin CSI_1 */
+verdin_csi_rx: &mipi_csi {};
+
/* Verdin PCIE_1 */
&pcie0 {
assigned-clocks = <&clk IMX8MM_CLK_PCIE1_AUX>,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dahlia.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
index 0e218e6b8e29..164031d5dd86 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dahlia.dtsi
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
*/

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio4 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio4 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
native-hdmi-connector {
compatible = "hdmi-connector";
label = "X21";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dev.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dev.dtsi
index 72a4f846d694..c52e46738110 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dev.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-dev.dtsi
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
*/

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio4 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio4 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
native-hdmi-connector {
compatible = "hdmi-connector";
label = "X37";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-mallow.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-mallow.dtsi
index 846b36706821..b915fbbd04b6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-mallow.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin-mallow.dtsi
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@
#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>

/ {
+ verdin_camera_connector: camera-connector-0 {
+ compatible = "toradex,camera-connector";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ /*
+ * CAM_1_CON_RST (pin 11) - Verdin GPIO_5 (SODIMM 216)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRDWN (pin 22) - Verdin GPIO_6 (SODIMM 218)
+ * CAM_1_CON_IC_DETECT (pin 23) - Verdin GPIO_7 (SODIMM 220)
+ * CAM_1_CON_PWRCTRL (pin 24) - Verdin GPIO_8 (SODIMM 222)
+ */
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio1 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <1 0 &gpio1 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <2 0 &gpio4 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
+ <3 0 &gpio4 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0x0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0x0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
native-hdmi-connector {
compatible = "hdmi-connector";
label = "X14";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin.dtsi
index 45a4713c260f..53499289cf61 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-verdin.dtsi
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ atmel_mxt_ts_mezzanine: touch-mezzanine@4a {
};

/* Verdin I2C_4_CSI */
-&i2c3 {
+verdin_csi_i2c: &i2c3 {
clock-frequency = <400000>;
pinctrl-names = "default", "gpio";
pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c3>;
@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@ &i2c5 {
single-master;
};

+/* Verdin CSI_1 */
+verdin_csi_capture: &isi_0 {};
+
+verdin_csi_rx: &mipi_csi_0 {};
+
/* Verdin PCIE_1 */
&pcie {
pinctrl-names = "default";

--
2.43.0