MediaTek MDP3 Image Processor (MT8183/MT8188/MT8195)
MDP3 is the Media Data Path image-processing engine built into several MediaTek application processors, used to scale, rotate, color-convert, and otherwise transform video and camera frames in hardware. It appears in the MT8183, MT8188, and MT8195 chips that power MediaTek-based Chromebooks and tablets from roughly 2019 onward.
recommendation
It should stay because this is the in-kernel support for an image-processing block that ships on current MediaTek SoCs, including the MT8183 powering many Chromebooks and tablets and the newer MT8188/MT8195 used in Kompanio-class Chromebook designs that MediaTek was still launching in 2025. Mainline history shows ongoing fixes and new-SoC enablement through 2024-2026, so the driver is actively maintained and tied to hardware still being sold.
repository signals
sources
- cateee.net
LKDDb shows CONFIG_VIDEO_MEDIATEK_MDP3 present from Linux 6.1 through current HEAD and lists device-tree compatibles for MT8183, MT8188, and MT8195 MDP3 blocks.
- git.kernel.org
Canonical mainline directory log for this driver; local git history in the checked-out kernel snapshot shows continued non-removal activity through 2026, including fixes and MT8188/MT8195 support work.
- mediatek.com
MediaTek still markets MT8183 as a tablet platform, indicating the oldest supported SoC family is not purely historical.
- mediatek.com
MediaTek markets Kompanio 838 for new Chromebook designs; its published CPU topology matches MT8188-class silicon, supporting the inference that a supported MDP3-generation Chromebook SoC remained in active commercial positioning in 2025.
- mediatek.com
MediaTek announced new Chromebook SoCs on April 2, 2025, showing ongoing fresh deployments in the same MediaTek Chromebook platform segment rather than a legacy-only market.
codex reasoning notes (technical)
Real driver directory: Kconfig/module_platform_driver and DT compatibles identify a MediaTek V4L2 mem2mem image-processing block. Evidence mix: local shell inspection (`rg`, `sed`) established scope and compatibles; local `git -c safe.directory=... log` showed active 2024-2026 maintenance/add-support traffic; canonical-recall kernel.org log URL included as the corresponding stable upstream history page; web-open on LKDDb confirmed current in-tree presence and supported SoCs; web search returned MediaTek product/press pages for MT8183 and Chromebook platforms. I found no removal signal in the available fallback evidence, while static metadata already shows strong recent maintenance, so `keep` is the defensible outcome. The Kompanio 838 to MT8188 link is an inference from matching published CPU topology plus in-tree MT8188 support, not an explicit vendor statement on the cited page.