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PaulePanterHi. MIPI IPU6 camera support seems to be in Ubuntu’s OEM Linux kernel, for example, for Dell.07:02
PaulePanterThis is not upstream yet.07:02
PaulePanterCan I Cc: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com for the upstream discussion?07:03
tjaaltonPaulePanter: are you upstreaming it?07:38
PaulePantertjaalton: No, I am making Greg aware of it.07:39
tjaaltonwhy?07:39
PaulePanterQuite disappointed about the situation, and rememebered of the past.07:39
PaulePantertjaalton: An Intel driver not being in upstream Linux kernel after several months the hardware was released.07:40
PaulePanter?07:40
PaulePantertjaalton: How can you not be? How could Google ChromiumOS, Canonical, Lenovo, Dell, … not push for upstreaming?07:41
tjaaltonask the authors?07:41
PaulePanterCurrently, it’s more like Android driver situation. The patches only work against certain Linux kernel versions. No idea, who dropped the ball here.07:41
tjaaltonsupport for it is in jammy kernel too07:42
tjaaltoniirc intel has no plans to upstream this, but the next version07:42
PaulePantertjaalton: Do you have the commit or patch URL?07:44
PaulePantertjaalton: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1414767/dell-xps-plus-9320-webcam-not-detected-in-ubuntu-22-04 says it didn’t work on Ubuntu 22.04.07:44
PaulePanter(Though maybe it was the userspace stuff that is missing.)07:45
tjaaltonUbuntu-5.15.0-40.43 and up should have it07:46
tjaaltondunno what else it needs07:46
PaulePanterhttps://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy/commit/drivers/media/pci/intel?id=ed1a6f2767f3132065e08e9242e03bf2509ec54207:50
ubottuCommit ed1a6f2 in ~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy "UBUNTU: SAUCE: intel ipu drivers first release"07:51
PaulePanterDone by Intel employee.07:51
PaulePanterGuess they like to do work a lot of time.07:51
PaulePanterLet’s see what Greg says, and what comes out of it.07:51
tjaaltonthat and bunch of others07:51
tjaaltonso you just want drama?07:52
PaulePanterNo, I want an upstream driver.07:52
tjaaltondon't forget to add the actual driver developeres..07:52
tjaalton-e07:52
PaulePanterYes, added them to Cc: from the repository.07:52
tjaaltonyou know it's in github?07:53
PaulePanterWith that knowledge, I would have never ordered it for a user.07:53
tjaaltonhttps://github.com/intel/ipu6-drivers/issues/2207:53
ubottuIssue 22 in intel/ipu6-drivers "Please upstream modules into mainline kernel" [Open]07:53
PaulePantertjaalton: Yes, I already found that. Three months no answer.07:54
PaulePanter*Only an unsatisfying answer after three months.07:54
PaulePanterI guess new team in Intel with no knowledge how Linux kernel development is supposed to work.07:54
tjaaltonthen I don't think you'll get a better answer via email07:54
PaulePanterWe will see.07:54
PaulePanterSee https://github.com/intel/ipu6-drivers/issues/13 for the expected problems with external drivers.07:55
ubottuIssue 13 in intel/ipu6-drivers "build failure: missing linux/vsc.h" [Open]07:55
PaulePantertjaalton: Seeing the Ubuntu commits, it also means the device didn’t work before June.07:57
tjaaltonvicamo: how much of ^ did you see?08:08
PaulePanterMessage sent: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/52c87d91-422d-fca0-4dd5-bbaa559c81b6@molgen.mpg.de/T/#u08:24
vicamoPaulePanter: I'm not sure if I have the full context here, but Ubuntu will support these devices under our own OEM plans/schedules. Probably cannot speak for Intel here.08:24
PaulePantervicamo: How much did you push Intel to get it upstream?08:25
vicamoPaulePanter: I believe that's irrelevant here.08:30
PaulePanterAh, this channel. Sorry about that.08:33
PaulePanterIn my naiv world, I would think the distribution Linux kernel folks would get in touch with the Linux Foundation (Greg, …) early on, if they see such things evolving not in the “correct” direction.08:34
PaulePanterAnyway, I shut up now. Sorry about the noise. Just very frustrating.08:34
vicamoAnd as the distribution Linux kernel folks, that "correct" direction is absolutely what we will put emphasis on at the first sight of an external driver. However, that, how much we pushed Intel, is still irrelevant here.08:40
PaulePanterI am glad to here that.08:42
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