Re: [Media Summit] Imaging Sensor functionality

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Dave,

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 05:14:30PM +0100, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> I realise that I'm in a slightly different position from many mainline
> Linux-media developers in that I see multiple use cases for the same
> sensor, rather than a driver predominantly being for one
> product/platform. I'm therefore wanting to look at generic solutions
> and fully featured drivers. Users get to decide the use cases, not the
> hardware designers.

Could you clarify here what you mean by users and hardware designers ?
Users can be understood as

- Users of the camera sensor, i.e. OEMs designing a product
- Users of the hardware platform , i.e. software developers writing
  applications
- Users of the software, i.e. end-users

Hardware designers could then equally mean

- Sensor vendors
- SoC vendors
- Board vendors
- Product vendors

> The issues I've raised are things that I've encountered and would
> benefit from a discussion to get views as to the direction that is
> perceived to be workable. I appreciate that some can not be solved
> immediately, but want to avoid too much bikeshedding in the first
> round of patches.
> What's realistic, and what pitfalls/limitations immediately jump out at people.
> 
> Slides are at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vjYJjTNRL1P3j6G4Nx2ZpjFtTBTNdeFG/view?usp=sharing

Thank you, I will review that ASAP.

> See you on Monday.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart