Re: [v4l-utils RFC 0/2] libmediatext library

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 10/22/2014 11:47 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi Sakari,
>>
>> On 10/21/2014 12:40 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is a tiny library for parsing text-based media link, V4L2 sub-device
>>> format (and selection) configurations as well as controls with limited
>>> types.
>>
>> Hmm, we also have:
>>
>> [PATCH/RFC v2 1/4] Add a media device configuration file parser.
>>
>> How do these 2 relate ?
> 
> Jacek is working on a Samsung Exynos libv4l2 plugin, a part of which is not specific to that plugin itself, and thus should be elsewhere (libmediactl, for instance). I didn't know about that effort, and having written something close to that in the past but without finishing it, I posted mine here as well.
> 
> The common subset of functionality is limited to parsing text based link configurations. Most of that is really implemented in libmediactl.

Hmm, I guess we need to sort this out then before merging Jacek's plugin.

Jacek, have you  looked into using (and if necessary extending) libmediactl
inside your plugin ?

Regards,

Hans