From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp0.lie-comtel.li ([217.173.238.80]:53206 "EHLO smtp0.lie-comtel.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752476AbZBYNLQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:11:16 -0500 Message-ID: <49A5436F.8000908@kaiser-linux.li> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:11:11 +0100 From: Thomas Kaiser MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kilgota@banach.math.auburn.edu CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Adam Baker , Hans Verkuil , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, Jean-Francois Moine , Hans de Goede , Olivier Lorin , Trent Piepho , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] How to pass camera Orientation to userspace References: <200902180030.52729.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <200902211253.58061.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <20090223080715.0c97774e@pedra.chehab.org> <200902232237.32362.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <49A4B4FC.9030209@kaiser-linux.li> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >> Actually, this happens and is happening! I got OT. I just needed to vent! Sorry for the spam. For the sensor mounting, I think the cam knows how the sensor is mounted and therefor the driver knows (driver -> first abstraction layer between software and hardware). Therefor the drive has to report the sensor orientation to user space (read only). Thomas PS: May be, I am OT all ready.