Re: camera subdevice support was Re: [PATCH 1/4] v4l2: device_register_subdev_nodes: allow calling multiple times

[Sakari Ailus]

Moi! :-)

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:53:22PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > Ok, I got the camera sensor to work. No subdevices support, so I don't
> > > have focus (etc) working, but that's a start. I also had to remove
> > > video-bus-switch support; but I guess it will be easier to use
> > > video-multiplexer patches... 
> > > 
> > > I'll have patches over weekend.
> > 
> > I briefly looked at what's there --- you do miss the video nodes for the
> > non-sensor sub-devices, and they also don't show up in the media graph,
> > right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I guess they don't end up matching in the async list.
> 
> How should they get to the async list?

The patch you referred to does that. The problem is, it does make the bus
configuration a pointer as well. There should be two patches. That's not a
lot of work to separate them though. But it should be done.

> 
> > I think we need to make the non-sensor sub-device support more generic;
> > it's not just the OMAP 3 ISP that needs it. I think we need to document
> > the property for the flash phandle as well; I can write one, or refresh
> > an existing one that I believe already exists.
> > 
> > How about calling it either simply "flash" or "camera-flash"? Similarly
> > for lens: "lens" or "camera-lens". I have a vague feeling the "camera-"
> > prefix is somewhat redundant, so I'd just go for "flash" or "lens".
> 
> Actually, I'd go for "flash" and "focus-coil". There may be other
> lens properties, such as zoom, mirror movement, lens identification,
> ...

Good point. Still there may be other ways to move the lens than the voice
coil (which sure is cheap), so how about "flash" and "lens-focus"?

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus
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