RE: [PATCH v7 8/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 control driver
From: Nas Chung
Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 03:17:50 EST
Hi, Frank.
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>Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 control
>driver
>
>On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 03:46:34PM +0900, Nas Chung wrote:
>> Add the control driver for the Chips&Media Wave6 video codec IP.
>>
>> The hardware contains one control register region and four interface
>> register regions for a shared video processing engine.
>>
>> This driver handles the control region and manages shared resources such
>> as firmware loading, firmware memory allocation, and coordination
>required
>> by the interface register regions.
>>
>> It also instantiates and coordinates with the `wave6-core` child devices
>> for firmware and power state management.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nas Chung <nas.chung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Ming Qian <ming.qian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
>Look likes this driver is independent on other one, as parent devices,
>which
>register children devices only.
>
>You can move this patch just after binding.
I got it. I'll move this patch after binding in v8.
Thanks.
Nas.
>
>Frank
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