Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Camera & ISP at Linux Plumbers Conference

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Rishikesh,

On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 11:49:17AM +0530, Rishikesh Donadkar wrote:
> On 15/09/26 05:08, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > As most of you already know, the Linux Plumbers Conference will host a
> > Camera & ISP BoF in Prague in three weeks ([1]).
> > 
> > The initial proposal for a microconference has unfortunately been
> > downgraded by the program committee to a 45 minutes BoF. We have
> > therefore decided to limit the discussion to three topics at most. Two
> > topics have been approved so far:
> > 
> > - RGB-IR support in V4L2 and libcamera
> > 
> >    by Rishikesh Donadkar and Devarsh Thakkar, Texas Instruments
> > 
> >    The Linux kernel V4L2 API does not support RGB-IR image sensors.
> >    While building blocks necessary to handle those devices are slowly
> >    being merged, RGB-IR support itself hasn't been tackled yet.
> > 
> >    Rishikesh and Devarsh will also present this topic at the OSS Europe
> >    conference ([2]).
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have submitted an RFC for the OV2312 camera sensor driver[1]. This 
> patch series proposes the use of array controls to facilitate setting 
> controls for both the RGB and IR streams coming out of the camera 
> subdevice.
> 
> I would greatly appreciate your feedback and thoughts on this approach.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260925133001.2780868-1-r-donadkar@ti.com/#t

Thank you for doing so. I strongly encourage every attendee of the BoF
to at least read the proposal ahead of time, and ideally start
discussing it on the mailing list.

> > 
> > - Camera module identification
> > 
> >    by Stefan Klug, Ideas on Board
> > 
> >    Camera tuning and calibration depend not only on the image sensor, but
> >    also on the lens and other characteristics of camera modules. While
> >    Linux supports identifying image sensors, it completely lacks the
> >    concept of camera modules.
> > 
> >    Identification of camera modules requires coordination between
> >    platform firmware (DT or ACPI), the kernel and userspace. Discussions
> >    will benefit from the presence of DT maintainers.
> > 
> > We can consider scheduling a third topic. Proposals are welcome.
> > 
> > Due to the 45 minutes BoF format, we will focus on discussions and won't
> > be able to afford presentations. All topic leads are expected to
> > circulate discussion materials on public mailing lists at least a week
> > before the event to give attendees time to read through proposals. The
> > materials should summarize the issue at hand and the ongoing work, and
> > clearly state the questions that will be discussed during the BoF.
> > Slides that support the discussions, if any, should also be submitted
> > prior to the event.
> > 
> > If there is enough interest, I am considering booking a meeting room on
> > Wednesday morning (location to be determined, likely outside of the LPC
> > venue) to extend the BoF. We could continue discussions on the topics
> > listed above, as well as schedule additional topics. We would overlap
> > with the following LPC microconferences:
> > 
> > - Networking Track
> > - Containers and checkpoint/restore MC
> > - Rust MC
> > - Scheduler and Real-Time MC
> > - Build Systems MC
> > 
> > Please let me know if you would be interested in attending a Wednesday
> > morning session by replying to this e-mail (publicly or privately). If
> > you would like to propose additional topics, please do so publicly.
> > 
> > 
> > [1] https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2364/
> > [2] https://osselceu2026.sched.com/event/2RaZj/enabling-multi-stream-camera-sensors-in-linux-rgb+ir-streams-and-embedded-metadata-rishikesh-donadkar-devarsh-thakkar-texas-instruments

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart