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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst index 8ab166a2138d..2acc08142a1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst @@ -46,22 +46,48 @@ are required to ensure reliability. Power management ---------------- -Always use runtime PM to manage the power states of your device. Camera sensor -drivers are in no way special in this respect: they are responsible for -controlling the power state of the device they otherwise control as well. In -general, the device shall be powered on at least when its registers are being -accessed and when it is streaming. - -Existing camera sensor drivers may rely on the old -struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops->s_power() callback for bridge or ISP drivers to -manage their power state. This is however **deprecated**. If you feel you need -to begin calling an s_power from an ISP or a bridge driver, instead please add -runtime PM support to the sensor driver you are using. Likewise, new drivers -should not use s_power. - -Please see examples in e.g. ``drivers/media/i2c/ov8856.c`` and -``drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-core.c``. The two drivers work in both ACPI -and DT based systems. +Camera sensors are used in conjunction with other devices to form a camera +pipeline. They must obey the rules listed herein to ensure coherent power +management over the pipeline. + +Camera sensor drivers are responsible for controlling the power state of the +device they otherwise control as well. They shall use runtime PM to manage +power states. Runtime PM shall be enabled at probe time and disabled at remove +time. Drivers should enable runtime PM autosuspend. + +The runtime PM handlers shall handle clocks, regulators, GPIOs, and other +system resources required to power the sensor up and down. For drivers that +don't use any of those resources (such as drivers that support ACPI systems +only), the runtime PM handlers may be left unimplemented. + +In general, the device shall be powered on at least when its registers are +being accessed and when it is streaming. Drivers should use +``pm_runtime_resume_and_get()`` when starting streaming and +``pm_runtime_put()`` or ``pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()`` when stopping +streaming. They may power the device up at probe time (for example to read +identification registers), but should not keep it powered unconditionally after +probe. + +At system suspend time, the whole camera pipeline must stop streaming, and +restart when the system is resumed. This requires coordination between the +camera sensor and the rest of the camera pipeline. Bridge drivers are +responsible for this coordination, and instruct camera sensors to stop and +restart streaming by calling the appropriate subdev operations +(``.s_stream()``, ``.enable_streams()`` or ``.disable_streams()``). Camera +sensor drivers shall therefore **not** keep track of the streaming state to +stop streaming in the PM suspend handler and restart it in the resume handler. +Drivers should in general not implement the system PM handlers. + +Camera sensor drivers shall **not** implement the subdev ``.s_power()`` +operation, as it is deprecated. While this operation is implemented in some +existing drivers as they predate the deprecation, new drivers shall use runtime +PM instead. If you feel you need to begin calling ``.s_power()`` from an ISP or +a bridge driver, instead add runtime PM support to the sensor driver you are +using and drop its ``.s_power()`` handler. + +See examples of runtime PM handling in e.g. ``drivers/media/i2c/ov8856.c`` and +``drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-core.c``. The two drivers work in both ACPI and DT +based systems. Control framework ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |