Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] phy: Add MIPI C-PHY mode and configuration options
From: Bryan O'Donoghue
Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 05:24:45 EST
On 15/10/2026 23:20, George Neacsu via B4 Relay wrote:
From: George Neacsu <geocausa@xxxxxxxxx>
The generic PHY framework has a mode and configuration options for MIPI
D-PHY but none for C-PHY, so a CSI-2 receiver has no way to ask a PHY
that does both for C-PHY. Add PHY_MODE_MIPI_CPHY and struct
phy_configure_opts_mipi_cphy. The options are the two values a receiver
knows: the symbol rate on each trio and the number of trios.
The first user is the Qualcomm CSI2 PHY, whose X1E80100 instances carry
the C-PHY front camera of the Surface Pro 11.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: George Neacsu <geocausa@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/phy/phy-mipi-cphy.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/phy/phy.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy-mipi-cphy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy-mipi-cphy.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3f0a8257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/phy/phy-mipi-cphy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __PHY_MIPI_CPHY_H_
+#define __PHY_MIPI_CPHY_H_
+
+/**
+ * struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_cphy - MIPI C-PHY configuration set
+ *
+ * This structure is used to represent the configuration state of a
+ * MIPI C-PHY phy.
+ */
+struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_cphy {
+ /**
+ * @symbol_rate:
+ *
+ * Symbol rate on each trio, in symbols per second.
+ */
+ unsigned long symbol_rate;
+
+ /**
+ * @lanes:
+ *
+ * Number of active trios.
+ */
+ unsigned char lanes;
+};
+
+#endif /* __PHY_MIPI_CPHY_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
index c480d6cb4..f12337834 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/phy/phy-dp.h>
#include <linux/phy/phy-hdmi.h>
#include <linux/phy/phy-lvds.h>
+#include <linux/phy/phy-mipi-cphy.h>
#include <linux/phy/phy-mipi-dphy.h>
#include <linux/phy/phy-thunderbolt.h>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ enum phy_mode {
PHY_MODE_PCIE,
PHY_MODE_ETHERNET,
PHY_MODE_MIPI_DPHY,
+ PHY_MODE_MIPI_CPHY,
PHY_MODE_SATA,
PHY_MODE_LVDS,
PHY_MODE_DP,
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ union phy_notify {
*
* @mipi_dphy: Configuration set applicable for phys supporting
* the MIPI_DPHY phy mode.
+ * @mipi_cphy: Configuration set applicable for phys supporting
+ * the MIPI_CPHY phy mode.
* @dp: Configuration set applicable for phys supporting
* the DisplayPort protocol.
* @lvds: Configuration set applicable for phys supporting
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ union phy_notify {
*/
union phy_configure_opts {
struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_dphy mipi_dphy;
+ struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_cphy mipi_cphy;
struct phy_configure_opts_dp dp;
struct phy_configure_opts_lvds lvds;
struct phy_configure_opts_hdmi hdmi;
--
2.53.0
Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>