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  1.   Integrating New Cameras With Video Input Port on DRA7xx SoCs
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 Video Input Port and Possible Video Sources
    4. 3 Kernel Changes to Integrate Camera Devices
      1. 3.1 V4L2 Endpoint Framework
        1. 3.1.1 VIP Device Definition
        2. 3.1.2 Camera Device Definition
      2. 3.2 Interfacing a Multichannel Video Source (TVP5158)
      3. 3.3 Interfacing a Camera Over LVDS Serializer Deserializer
        1. 3.3.1 I2C Address Remapping
        2. 3.3.2 Serializer/Deserializer Configuration
        3. 3.3.3 Serdes Device Definition
      4. 3.4 Setting up Pinmux and IODELAY
        1. 3.4.1 Getting Pinmux and IODELAY Values
      5. 3.5 Setting Up Board Muxes

Interfacing a Camera Over LVDS Serializer Deserializer

When the camera is physically located far from the SoC, the parallel port video cannot be sent longer distances. For lossless reception, video data can be sent over linearly variable differential signaling (LVDS) cable. This means the LVDS interface has to be much faster and the video data at camera and SoC needs some way to serialized and deserialized, respectively.