Re: [PATCH v5] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Dec 22 2016 - 04:34:22 EST


Hi!

> > > Thanks for the update.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 01:24:51PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > +static int et8ek8_set_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct et8ek8_sensor *sensor =
> > > > + container_of(ctrl->handler, struct et8ek8_sensor, ctrl_handler);
> > > > +
> > > > + switch (ctrl->id) {
> > > > + case V4L2_CID_GAIN:
> > > > + return et8ek8_set_gain(sensor, ctrl->val);
> > > > +
> > > > + case V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE:
> > > > + {
> > > > + int rows;
> > > > + struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(&sensor->subdev);
> > > > + rows = ctrl->val;
> > > > + return et8ek8_i2c_write_reg(client, ET8EK8_REG_16BIT, 0x1243,
> > > > + swab16(rows));
> > >
> > > Why swab16()? Doesn't the et8ek8_i2c_write_reg() already do the right thing?
> > >
> > > 16-bit writes aren't used elsewhere... and the register address and value
> > > seem to have different endianness there, it looks like a bug to me in that
> > > function.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I did not invent that swab16(). I checked, and
> > exposure seems to work properly. I tried swapping the bytes, but then
> > exposure did not seem to work. So this one seems to be correct.
>
> I can fix that too, but I have no device to test. In terms of how the
> hardware is controlled there should be no difference anyway.

Aha, now I understand; you want me to fix write_reg. I can do that. It
seems read_reg has similar problem, but as noone is using 16-bit
reads, so it is dormant. Ok, let me fix that.

Best regards,
Pavel
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