Re: [PATCH/RFC v2 1/4] Add a media device configuration file parser.

[Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@samsung.com>]

Hi Sakari,

On 10/21/2014 11:26 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Jacek,
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 09:17:00AM +0200, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> ...
>>>> + * The V4L2 control group format:
>>>> + *
>>>> + * v4l2-controls {
>>>> + * <TAB><control1_name>: <entity_name><LF>
>>>> + * <TAB><control2_name>: <entity_name><LF>
>>>> + * ...
>>>> + * <TAB><controlN_name>: <entity_name><LF>
>>>> + * }
>>>
>>> I didn't know you were working on this.
>>
>> Actually I did the main part of work around 1,5 year ago as a part
>> of familiarizing myself with V4L2 media controller API.
>
> :-D
>
> I think it's about time we get things like this to libv4l.

Definitely :)

>>>
>>> I have a small library which does essentially the same. The implementation
>>> is incomplete, that's why I hadn't posted it to the list. We could perhaps
>>> discuss this a little bit tomorrow. When would you be available, in case you
>>> are?
>>
>> I will be available around 8 hours from now on.
>
> I couldn't see you on #v4l, would an hour from now (13:30 Finnish time) be
> ok for you?

What about 14:00 Finnish time?

>>> What would you think of using a little bit more condensed format for this,
>>> similar to that of libmediactl?
>>>
>>
>> Could you spot a place where the format is defined?
>
> At the moment there's none, but I thought of a similar format used by
> libmediactl.

OK, to be discussed.

Best Regards,
Jacek Anaszewski