From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 81-174-11-161.static.ngi.it ([81.174.11.161]:34140 "EHLO mail.enneenne.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753857Ab0BVQPU (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:15:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:15:07 +0100 From: Rodolfo Giometti To: Hans Verkuil Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski , Richard =?iso-8859-15?Q?R=C3=B6jfors?= , Linux Media Mailing List , Mauro Carvalho Chehab Message-ID: <20100222161507.GN21778@enneenne.com> References: <20100219174451.GH21778@enneenne.com> <20100222160139.GL21778@enneenne.com> <201002221711.18874.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201002221711.18874.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: adv7180 as SoC camera device Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 05:11:18PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: > > The long-term goal is to remove the last soc-camera API dependencies from > the sensor subdev drivers. Subdevice (usually i2c) drivers should be fully > reusable and a dependency on soc-camera defeats that goal. > > I think the only missing piece is low-level bus setup (i.e. sync polarities, > rising/falling edge sampling, etc.). Some proposals were made, but basically > nobody has had the time to actually implement this. > > Right now, if you want to use your sensor with soc-camera, then you need to > support the soc-camera API (or what is left of it) in your subdev driver as > well. But with the goal to remove the last soc-camera API dependencies I suppose is better I try to change the pxa_camera driver in something compatible with the API of the adv7180 driver... I'm sorry but I'm a bit confused. :) Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: giometti@enneenne.com Linux Device Driver giometti@linux.it Embedded Systems phone: +39 349 2432127 UNIX programming skype: rodolfo.giometti Freelance ICT Italia - Consulente ICT Italia - www.consulenti-ict.it