--- title: Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip... description: After over five years of development and 25 patch iterations, mainline Linux support for the Rockchip RK3588 video capture (VICAP) unit has landed. Collabora,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588-czpkz4uqh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588 | daily.dev og:description: After over five years of development and 25 patch iterations, mainline Linux support for the Rockchip RK3588 video capture (VICAP) unit has landed. Collabora,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588-czpkz4uqh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/czPkZ4UQH.png og:image:alt: Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588 **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary After over five years of development and 25 patch iterations, mainline Linux support for the Rockchip RK3588 video capture (VICAP) unit has landed. Collabora, working alongside Bootlin, Rockchip, and Ideas on Board, drove the rkcif driver through multiple major reworks and renamings before it was accepted. The Rockchip MIPI CSI-2 receiver driver also landed in mainline. Three remaining gaps are: RK3588 VICAP MUX-TOISP unit support (direct hardware path to the ISP), a new rkisp2 kernel driver for the RK3588 ISP (being developed from scratch), and libcamera IPA support for the full image processing pipeline. In the interim, users can use the libcamera software ISP as a stopgap. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the current mainline Linux status of video capture support for the Rockchip RK3588? The rkcif driver providing basic RK3588 VICAP support was accepted into mainline Linux after more than five years of development, 25 patch iterations, and three renamings. The Rockchip MIPI CSI-2 receiver driver also landed in mainline. Still missing are the VICAP MUX-TOISP unit driver, a new rkisp2 ISP kernel driver, and libcamera IPA support for the full image processing pipeline. _Engineers enabling RK3588 camera pipelines on mainline kernels track these driver milestones on daily.dev._ ### Why is the RK3588 ISP vendor kernel driver not being upstreamed to mainline Linux? The RK3588 ISP vendor kernel driver is not upstreamable for various reasons. Rockchip provided a stripped-down alternative that supports only memory-to-memory operation and debayering, useful for hardware bringup but insufficient for mainline inclusion. The plan is a new rkisp2 driver developed from scratch by Collabora, Rockchip, and Ideas on Board, targeting all ISPs of the RK35 generation. _Developers choosing between vendor and mainline kernels for RK3588 camera work find the latest driver progress on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [New Rockchip RKCIF & RKVDEC HEVC Media Drivers For Linux 6.19](https://daily.dev/posts/new-rockchip-rkcif-rkvdec-hevc-media-drivers-for-linux-6-19-89ndcuhji) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Decoding with Rockchip at Kernel Recipes 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/decoding-with-rockchip-at-kernel-recipes-2026-gisa2vyfl) · Collabora Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/reverse-engineering-brings-rk3576-npu-support-to-open-source-rocket-driver-for-mainline-linux-t083hlhhd) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NanoPi M6V2 RK3588S SBC gains support for dual analog microphone input](https://daily.dev/posts/nanopi-m6v2-rk3588s-sbc-gains-support-for-dual-analog-microphone-input-xkelky8ie) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.1 Should See Working HDMI Support For The Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V Board](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-should-see-working-hdmi-support-for-the-lichee-pi-4a-risc-v-board-ghuehe7ra) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588-czpkz4uqh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588-czpkz4uqh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588-czpkz4uqh"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:19.005Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:23:18.214Z","description":"After over five years of development and 25 patch iterations, mainline Linux support for the Rockchip RK3588 video capture (VICAP) unit has landed. 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