MIPI-CSI acquisition with SMARC APL x86 on multimedia 4k carrier board

Apollo Lake processors are equipped with an Image Processor Unit, which contains MIPI-CSI2 controllers. An ARDUCAM OV5640 camera has been successfully connected to a Multimedia 4K STARTER KIT SMARC, equipped with a SMARC APL-x86 module. Intel's Linux Kernel has been patched to manage the OV5640 camera and then it has been imported on Ubuntu 18.