i.MX6 MIPI-CSI2 OV5640 Camera testing on Mainline Linux

[Steve Longerbeam]

On 10/23/18 10:54 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:39 PM Steve Longerbeam
> <steve_longerbeam at mentor.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/23/18 10:34 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 11:36 AM Steve Longerbeam
>>> <steve_longerbeam at mentor.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Adam,
>>>>
>>>> On 10/23/18 8:19 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 7:40 AM Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Adam,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 9:37 AM Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you!  This tutorial web site is exactly what I need.  The
>>>>>>> documentation page in Linux touched on the media-ctl links, but it
>>>>>>> didn't explain the syntax or the mapping.  This graphical
>>>>>>> interpretation really helps it make more sense.
>>>>>> Is capturing working well on your i.MX6 board now?
>>>>> Fabio,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, no.  I built the rootfs based on Jagan's instructions
>>>>> at https://openedev.amarulasolutions.com/display/ODWIKI/i.CoreM6+1.5
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried building both the 4.15-RC6 kernel, a 4.19 kernel and a 4.14 LTS kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the suggested method of generating the graphical display of the
>>>>> pipeline options, I am able to enable various pipeline options
>>>>> connecting different /dev/videoX options tot he camera.  I have tried
>>>>> both the  suggested method above as well as the instructions found in
>>>>> Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/imx.rst for their respective kernels,
>>>>> and I have tried multiple options to capture through
>>>>> ipu1_csi1_capture, ipu2_csi1_capture, and ip1_ic_prepenc capture, and
>>>>> all yield a broken pipe.
>>>>>
>>>>> libv4l2: error turning on stream: Broken pipe
>>>>> ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Could
>>>>> not read from resource.
>>>>> Additional debug info:
>>>>> gstv4l2bufferpool.c(1064): gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll ():
>>>>> /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0:
>>>>> poll error 1: Broken pipe (32)
>>>>>
>>>>> I can hear the camera click when I start gstreamer and click again
>>>>> when it stops trying to stream.
>>>>>
>>>>> dmesg indicates a broken pipe as well..
>>>>>
>>>>> [ 2419.851502] ipu2_csi1: pipeline start failed with -32
>>>>>
>>>>> might you have any suggestions?
>>>> This -EPIPE error might mean you have a mis-match of resolution, pixel
>>>> format, or field type between one of the source->sink pad links. You can
>>>> find out which pads have a mis-match by enabling dynamic debug in the
>>>> kernel function __media_pipeline_start.
>>> Following Jagan's suggestion, I tried to make sure all the resolution
>>> and pixel formats were set the same between each source and sink.
>>>
>>> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'ov5640 2-0010':0[fmt:UYVY2X8/640x480
>>> field:none]"
>>> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'imx6-mipi-csi2':1[fmt:UYVY2X8/640x480
>>> field:none]"
>>> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'ipu1_csi0_mux':2[fmt:UYVY2X8/640x480
>>> field:none]"
>>> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'ipu1_csi0':2[fmt:AYUV32/640x480 field:none]"
>>>
>>>> Also make sure you are attempting to stream from the correct /dev/videoN.
>>> I have graphically plotted the pipeline using media-ctl --print-dot
>>> and I can see the proper video is routed, but your dynamic debug
>>> suggestion yielded something:
>>>
>>>      imx-media capture-subsystem: link validation failed for 'ov5640
>>> 2-0010':0 -> 'imx6-mipi-csi2':0, error -32
>>
>> It's what I expected, you have a format mismatch between those pads.
> Is the mismatch something I am doing wrong with:
>
> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'ov5640 2-0010':0[fmt:UYVY2X8/640x480 field:none]"
> media-ctl --set-v4l2 "'imx6-mipi-csi2':2[fmt:UYVY2X8/640x480 field:none]"
>
> or is there something else I need to do?  I just used Jagan's suggestion.


Yeah, that looks correct, media-ctl _should_ automatically propagate the 
format at 'ov5640 2-0010':0 to 'imx6-mipi-csi2':0. What version of 
media-ctl are you using? If you have an older version of media-ctl tool 
that doesn't propagate formats from source->sink pads, you'll have to 
explicitly set the format at 'imx6-mipi-csi2':0, and at all the other 
sink pads in your pipeline. Better yet, upgrade! :)

Steve


>
>>> I am assume this means the interface between the camera and the csi2
>>> isn't working.  I am going to double check the power rails and the
>>> clocks.  i can hear it click when activated and deactivated, so
>>> something is happening.
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>