On Thu, 2018-12-20 at 18:36 +0000, Gordon Hollingworth wrote:
> Assuming this is using the firmware interface then yes it's fine.  If
> it is using the i2c directly then it's possible to clash with the GPU
> driving the camera

Well we're already in such a situation without this patch, as the panel
enables the back-light though the I2C lines. This is only enabled by an
overlay, it's left to the user's discretion.

As commented previously by Alex Graf and given the constraints, I think
that it would make sense to start considering both options as good
(using FW & direct I2C access). We are defaulting to the FW based one,
but providing support/overlays for the direct access doesn't seem a bad
compromise to me.

I do understand Gordon's concerns. Maybe it would be nice for the
firmware to detect device tree nodes accessing I2C0 and disable the
camera. Or providing a FW configuration option.

Kind regards,
Nicolas