From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from wolverine01.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.254]:45731 "EHLO wolverine01.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750724Ab1ADGOM (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2011 01:14:12 -0500 Message-ID: <4D22BAA8.9050607@codeaurora.org> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:14:00 -0800 From: Haibo Zhong MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shuzhen Wang CC: 'Laurent Pinchart' , 'Mauro Carvalho Chehab' , 'Hans Verkuil' , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, "Yan, Yupeng" Subject: Re: RFC: V4L2 driver for Qualcomm MSM camera. References: <000601cba2d8$eaedcdc0$c0c96940$@org> <4D188285.8090603@redhat.com> <000001cba6bd$f2c94ea0$d85bebe0$@org> <201012282123.58775.laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> <000001cbabb8$49892d10$dc9b8730$@org> In-Reply-To: <000001cbabb8$49892d10$dc9b8730$@org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: Sender: Mauro Carvalho Chehab On 1/3/2011 6:37 PM, Shuzhen Wang wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Laurent Pinchart [mailto:laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:24 PM >> To: Shuzhen Wang >> Cc: 'Mauro Carvalho Chehab'; 'Hans Verkuil'; linux- >> media@vger.kernel.org; hzhong@codeaurora.org; Yan, Yupeng >> Subject: Re: RFC: V4L2 driver for Qualcomm MSM camera. >> >> I will strongly NAK any implementation that requires a daemon. >> > > We understand the motivation behind making the daemon optional. > However there are restrictions from legal perspective, which we > don't know how to get around. > > A simplest video streaming data flow with MSM ISP is like this: > > Sensor -> ISP Hardware pipeline -> videobuf > > The procedure to set up ISP pipeline is proprietary and cannot > be open sourced. Without proper pipeline configuration, streaming > won't work. And That's why we require the daemon. Laurent/Hans/Mauro, We are working on and will provide more design information on Qualcomm MSM ISP design and explain the legal concern of the daemon implementation. The underlined idea is to comply to V4L2 architecture with MSM solution. In the meantime, Laurent, can you share with your major concern about the Daemon? Thanks, Jeff > > Thank, > Shuzhen > > -- > Sent by an employee of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. > The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum. > -- >