Re: [RFC] ISP lane shifter support

[Michael Jones <michael.jones@matrix-vision.de>]

Hi Laurent,

On 01/27/2011 12:46 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> Looking at the "Data-Lane Shifter" table (12.27 in my datasheet, in the 
> "Bridge-Lane Shifter" chapter), I think, the first two columns are fixed 
> by the board design, right? So, our freedom lies only in one line there 
> and is a single parameter - the shift value. The output shifter (VPIN) is 
> independent from this one, but not unrelated. It seems logical to me to 
> relate the former one to CCDC's input pad, and the latter one to CCDC's 
> output pad. AFAIU, Laurent, your implementation in what concerns pad 
> configuration is: let the user configure all interfaces independently, and 
> first when we have to actually activate the pipeline (start streaming or 
> configure video buffers) we can verify, whether all parts fit together. 

I would like to add this lane shifter support.  Would you like me to
implement it as Guennadi suggested- letting the user set all 3 CCDC pad
formats arbitrarily and postpone the consistency checks to streamon time?

> So, why don't we stay consistent and do the same here? Give the user both 
> parameters and see how clever they were in the end;) I also think, if we 
> later decide to add some consistency checks, we can always do it.
> 
> Thanks
> Guennadi

Thanks,
Michael

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