From: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 64/64] media: Kconfig: cleanup VIDEO_DEV dependencies
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:01:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18f984ff-36c8-dbe5-6dd0-404c4fe9deab@baylibre.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <decd26e90adc5c16470e4f738810f22fe6478b27.1647242579.git.mchehab@kernel.org>
On 14/03/2022 08:55, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> media Kconfig has two entries associated to V4L API:
> VIDEO_DEV and VIDEO_V4L2.
>
> On Kernel 2.6.x, there were two V4L APIs, each one with its own flag.
> VIDEO_DEV were meant to:
> 1) enable Video4Linux and make its Kconfig options to appear;
> 2) it makes the Kernel build the V4L core.
>
> while VIDEO_V4L2 where used to distinguish between drivers that
> implement the newer API and drivers that implemented the former one.
>
> With time, such meaning changed, specially after the removal of
> all V4L version 1 drivers.
>
> At the current implementation, VIDEO_DEV only does (1): it enables
> the media options related to V4L, that now has:
>
> menu "Video4Linux options"
> visible if VIDEO_DEV
>
> source "drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig"
> endmenu
>
> but it doesn't affect anymore the V4L core drivers.
>
> The rationale is that the V4L2 core has a "soft" dependency
> at the I2C bus, and now requires to select a number of other
> Kconfig options:
>
> config VIDEO_V4L2
> tristate
> depends on (I2C || I2C=n) && VIDEO_DEV
> select RATIONAL
> select VIDEOBUF2_V4L2 if VIDEOBUF2_CORE
> default (I2C || I2C=n) && VIDEO_DEV
>
> In the past, merging them would be tricky, but it seems that it is now
> possible to merge those symbols, in order to simplify V4L dependencies.
>
> Let's keep VIDEO_DEV, as this one is used on some make *defconfig
> configurations.
>
> Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> To avoid mailbombing on a large number of people, only mailing lists were C/C on the cover.
> See [PATCH 00/64] at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1647242578.git.mchehab@kernel.org/
>
> drivers/input/rmi4/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/input/touchscreen/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/Kconfig | 3 +
> drivers/media/common/saa7146/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/dvb-core/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig | 250 +++++++++---------
> drivers/media/i2c/ccs/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/i2c/cx25840/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/cobalt/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/cx18/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/dt3155/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/meye/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/saa7146/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/media/pci/sta2x11/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/tw5864/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/tw68/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/pci/tw686x/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../platform/allwinner/sun4i-csi/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../platform/allwinner/sun6i-csi/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/allwinner/sun8i-di/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../platform/allwinner/sun8i-rotate/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/amlogic/meson-ge2d/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/aspeed/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/atmel/Kconfig | 8 +-
> drivers/media/platform/cadence/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/platform/chips-media/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/intel/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/marvell/Kconfig | 4 +-
> .../media/platform/mediatek/mtk-jpeg/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/mediatek/mtk-mdp/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../platform/mediatek/mtk-vcodec/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/mediatek/mtk-vpu/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/nvidia/tegra-vde/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/amphion/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/renesas/Kconfig | 30 +--
> .../media/platform/renesas/rcar-vin/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rga/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/rockchip/rkisp1/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/exynos-gsc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/exynos4-is/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/s3c-camif/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/s5p-g2d/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/s5p-jpeg/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../media/platform/samsung/s5p-mfc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/sti/bdisp/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/sti/hva/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/sti/stm32/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/platform/ti/am437x/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/Kconfig | 12 +-
> drivers/media/platform/ti/omap/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/ti/omap3isp/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/platform/via/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/platform/xilinx/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/radio/Kconfig | 54 ++--
> drivers/media/radio/si470x/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/radio/wl128x/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/spi/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/test-drivers/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/test-drivers/vicodec/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/tuners/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/media/tuners/e4000.c | 6 +-
> drivers/media/tuners/fc2580.c | 6 +-
> drivers/media/usb/airspy/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/au0828/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/media/usb/cpia2/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/Kconfig | 8 +-
> drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/Kconfig | 4 +-
> drivers/media/usb/gspca/Kconfig | 96 +++----
> drivers/media/usb/gspca/gl860/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/gspca/m5602/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/hackrf/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/msi2500/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/pwc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/s2255/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/usbtv/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig | 12 +-
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/atomisp/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/Kconfig | 14 +-
> drivers/staging/media/hantro/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/imx/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/ipu3/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/max96712/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/media/zoran/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/most/video/Kconfig | 2 +-
> .../vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig | 2 +-
> drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/Kconfig | 2 +-
> sound/pci/Kconfig | 4 +-
> 116 files changed, 371 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com> # for meson-vdec & meson-ge2d
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-14 8:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-14 7:54 [PATCH 00/64] media: Kconfig/Makefile reorg Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:54 ` [PATCH 05/64] media: platform: move platform menu dependencies to drivers Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:55 ` [PATCH 28/64] media: platform: sun8i-di: move config to its own file Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:55 ` [PATCH 29/64] media: platform: sun8i-rotate: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:55 ` [PATCH 38/64] media: platform: move some manufacturer entries Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:55 ` [PATCH 47/64] media: platform: rename sunxi/ to allwinner/ Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 7:55 ` [PATCH 64/64] media: Kconfig: cleanup VIDEO_DEV dependencies Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2022-03-14 8:01 ` Neil Armstrong [this message]
2022-03-18 20:59 ` Shuah Khan
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