Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > > +	.reglist = {
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode1_poweron_mode2_16vga_2592x1968_12_07fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode1_16vga_2592x1968_13_12fps_dpcm10_8 },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode3_4vga_1296x984_29_99fps_dpcm10_8 },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode4_svga_864x656_29_88fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode5_vga_648x492_29_93fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode2_16vga_2592x1968_3_99fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode_648x492_5fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode3_4vga_1296x984_5fps },
> > > +		{ .ptr = &mode_4vga_1296x984_25fps_dpcm10_8 },
> > > +		{ .ptr = 0 }
> > > +	}
> > > +};
> > 
> > I'd say .ptr = NULL.
> > 
> 
> Anyway, this code was generated from configuration ini files and perl 
> script available from: https://gitorious.org/omap3camera/camera-firmware
> 
> Originally in Maemo above C structure is compiled into binary file and 
> via request_firmware() loaded from userspace to kernel driver.
> 
> For me this sounds like a big overkill, so I included above reglist code 
> direcly into et8ek8 kernel driver to avoid request_firmware() and 
> separate userspace storage...

Yep, that makes sense, thanks for explanation. I guess that means that
we should put a comment on top of the file explaining what is going
on.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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