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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Albert Wang <twang13@marvell.com>
Cc: "g.liakhovetski@gmx.de" <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>,
	"linux-media@vger.kernel.org" <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
	Libin Yang <lbyang@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 10/15] [media] marvell-ccic: split mcam-core into 2 parts for soc_camera support
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:15:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121218121508.7a4de314@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D13C8D0E3@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com>

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:04:26 -0800
Albert Wang <twang13@marvell.com> wrote:

> [Albert Wang] So if we add B_DMA_SG and B_VMALLOC support and OLPC XO 1.0 support in soc_camera mode.
> Then we can just remove the original mode and only support soc_camera mode in marvell-ccic?

That is the idea, yes.  Unless there is some real value to supporting both
modes (that I've not seen), I think it's far better to support just one of
them.  Trying to support duplicated modes just leads to pain in the long
run, in my experience.

I can offer to *try* to find time to help with XO 1.0 testing when the
time comes.

Thanks,

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-18 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-15  9:57 [PATCH V3 00/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add soc camera support on marvell-ccic Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 01/15] [media] marvell-ccic: use internal variable replace global frame stats variable Albert Wang
2012-12-16 15:36   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-27 20:07     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-01-01 14:56   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 02/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add MIPI support for marvell-ccic driver Albert Wang
2012-12-16 15:54   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 21:45     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-01 15:28   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2013-01-01 19:31     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 03/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add clock tree " Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:03   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 21:51     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-03 17:37       ` Nicolas THERY
2013-01-03 19:27         ` Albert Wang
2013-01-01 16:05   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2013-01-01 19:36     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-04  5:42     ` Libin Yang
2013-01-04 10:25       ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2013-01-05  3:12         ` Libin Yang
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 04/15] [media] marvell-ccic: reset ccic phy when stop streaming for stability Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:04   ` Jonathan Corbet
2013-01-01 16:13   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 05/15] [media] marvell-ccic: refine mcam_set_contig_buffer function Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:06   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 21:54     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 06/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add new formats support for marvell-ccic driver Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:16   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 21:58     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-01 16:56   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2013-01-01 19:42     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-01 20:03       ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2013-01-04  9:32     ` Libin Yang
2013-01-10  7:53     ` Libin Yang
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 07/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add SOF / EOF pair check " Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:19   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:00     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-02  7:48   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 08/15] [media] marvell-ccic: switch to resource managed allocation and request Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:20   ` Jonathan Corbet
2013-01-02  8:00   ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 09/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add get_mcam function for marvell-ccic driver Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:24   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:04     ` Albert Wang
2013-01-02  8:16     ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2012-12-15  9:57 ` [PATCH V3 10/15] [media] marvell-ccic: split mcam-core into 2 parts for soc_camera support Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:37   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:12     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-17 15:28       ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-18  3:04         ` Albert Wang
2012-12-18 19:15           ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2012-12-18 20:48             ` Albert Wang
2013-01-31  8:29             ` Albert Wang
2013-02-05  3:14               ` Jonathan Corbet
2013-02-06  3:21                 ` Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:58 ` [PATCH V3 11/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add soc_camera support in mcam core Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:58 ` [PATCH V3 12/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add soc_camera support in mmp driver Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:46   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:19     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:58 ` [PATCH V3 13/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add dma burst mode support in marvell-ccic driver Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:49   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:22     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-15  9:58 ` [PATCH V3 14/15] [media] marvell-ccic: use unsigned int type replace int type Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:50   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-15  9:58 ` [PATCH V3 15/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add 3 frame buffers support in DMA_CONTIG mode Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:56   ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:34     ` Albert Wang
2012-12-16 22:55       ` Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-17  5:06         ` Albert Wang
2012-12-16 16:57 ` [PATCH V3 00/15] [media] marvell-ccic: add soc camera support on marvell-ccic Jonathan Corbet
2012-12-16 22:34   ` Albert Wang

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