From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/36] [media] v4l2-mc: add a function to inherit controls from a pipeline Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:30:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20170311213054.GA7319@amd> References: <1487211578-11360-1-git-send-email-steve_longerbeam@mentor.com> <1487211578-11360-15-git-send-email-steve_longerbeam@mentor.com> <20170302160257.GK3220@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk> <20170303230645.GR21222@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20170304131329.GV3220@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk> <20170310120902.1daebc7b@vento.lan> <5e1183f4-774f-413a-628a-96e0df321faf@xs4all.nl> <20170311101408.272a9187@vento.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170311101408.272a9187-ch4gOOMV7nf/PtFMR13I2A@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Hans Verkuil , Sakari Ailus , Russell King - ARM Linux , Steve Longerbeam , robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, shawnguo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, kernel-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org, fabio.estevam-3arQi8VN3Tc@public.gmane.org, mchehab-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, nick-gcszYUEDH4VrovVCs/uTlw@public.gmane.org, markus.heiser-O6JHGLzbNUwb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org, p.zabel-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org, laurent.pinchart+renesas-ryLnwIuWjnjg/C1BVhZhaw@public.gmane.org, bparrot-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org, geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org, arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, sudipm.mukherjee-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, minghsiu.tsai-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, tiffany.lin-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, jean-christophe.trotin-qxv4g6HH51o@public.gmane.org, horms+renesas-/R6kz+dDXgpPR4JQBCEnsQ@public.gmane.org, niklas.soderlund+renesas-1zkq55x86MTxsAP9Fp7wbw@public.gmane.org, robert.jarzmik-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org, songjun.wu-UWL1GkI3JZL3oGB3hsPCZA@public.gmane.org, andrew-ct.chen-NuS5LvNUpcJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, shuah-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, sakari.ailus@linux.i List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! > > > Ok, perhaps supporting both subdev API and V4L2 API at the same > > > time doesn't make much sense. We could disable one in favor of the > > > other, either at compilation time or at runtime. =20 > >=20 > > Right. If the subdev API is disabled, then you have to inherit the subd= ev > > controls in the bridge driver (how else would you be able to access the= m?). > > And that's the usual case. > >=20 > > If you do have the subdev API enabled, AND you use the MC, then the > > intention clearly is to give userspace full control and inheriting cont= rols > > no longer makes any sense (and is highly confusing IMHO). >=20 > I tend to agree with that. Well, having different userspace interface according to config options is strange. I believe the right solution is to make complex drivers depend on CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API... Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAljEbI4ACgkQMOfwapXb+vKY7wCgmkZ4Kq3LhwIAxMXv8u8TyBSI /WQAnipq8Jn9ApopF2wXueH2/qjvHsEj =egDP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html