[PATCH] ARM: mx25_3ds: Add camera support

[g.liakhovetski@gmx.de (Guennadi Liakhovetski)]

Hi Fabio

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Fabio Estevam wrote:

> Hi Baruch,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
> 
> > Good to see some activity on i.MX25 camera support. Did you test video capture
> > with a latest kernel?  You have surely noticed that i.MX25 support in the
> > mx2_camera driver is marked BROKEN since 087c78a8.
> 
> I basically checked that mx2_camera can be probed:
> 
> soc-camera-pdrv soc-camera-pdrv.0: Probing soc-camera-pdrv.0
> mx2-camera imx25-camera.0: Camera driver attached to camera 0
> ov2640 0-0030: ov2640 Product ID 26:42 Manufacturer ID 7f:a2
> i2c i2c-0: OV2640 Probed
> mx2-camera imx25-camera.0: Camera driver detached from camera 0
> mx2-camera imx25-camera.0: MX2 Camera (CSI) driver probed, clock
> frequency: 22166666
> 
> Tried a Gstreamer pipeline but it is failing, but this Gstreamer issue
> is not mx25 related as I saw the same issue with mx27/mx31.
> 
> Do you still have access to a mx25pdk?
> 
> I will try v4l-utils when I get a chance.

So, what's the real status of mx25 camera? Is it really working or only 
probing? As you certainly understand, successful probing is by no means a 
sufficient indication of a driver being functional.

Thanks
Guennadi
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