Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] media: vimc: Allow multiple capture devices to use the same sensor

[Kaaira Gupta]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 02:15:21PM +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
Hi,

> Hi Kaaira,
> 
> Thanks for your work.

Thanks for yours :D

> 
> On 2020-07-24 17:32:10 +0530, Kaaira Gupta wrote:
> > This is version 2 of the patch series posted by Niklas for allowing
> > multiple streams in VIMC.
> > The original series can be found here:
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10948831/
> > 
> > This series adds support for two (or more) capture devices to be 
> > connected to the same sensors and run simultaneously. Each capture device 
> > can be started and stopped independent of each other.
> > 
> > Patch 1/3 and 2/3 deals with solving the issues that arises once two 
> > capture devices can be part of the same pipeline. While 3/3 allows for 
> > two capture devices to be part of the same pipeline and thus allows for 
> > simultaneously use.
> 
> I'm just curious if you are aware of this series? It would replace the 
> need for 1/3 and 2/3 of this series right?

v3 of this series replaces the need for 1/3, but not the current version
(ie v4). v4 of patch 2/5 removes the stream_counter that is needed to
keep count of the calls to s_stream. Hence 1/3 becomes relevant again.

> 
> 1.  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20200522075522.6190-1-dafna.hirschfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> > 	- All three patches rebased on latest media-tree.
> > 	Patch 3:
> > 	- Search for an entity with a non-NULL pipe instead of searching
> > 	  for sensor. This terminates the search at output itself.
> > 
> > Kaaira Gupta (3):
> >   media: vimc: Add usage count to subdevices
> >   media: vimc: Serialize vimc_streamer_s_stream()
> >   media: vimc: Join pipeline if one already exists
> > 
> >  .../media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c    | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-
> >  .../media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-debayer.c    |  8 +++++
> >  drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-scaler.c |  8 +++++
> >  drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-sensor.c |  9 ++++-
> >  .../media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-streamer.c   | 23 +++++++-----
> >  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.17.1
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Niklas Söderlund