Re: [PATCH 1/3] media: imx274: don't declare events, they are not implemented

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Tue Nov 27 2018 - 04:19:19 EST


On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:09:08AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
>
> On 27/11/18 09:38, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Luca,
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 09:34:43AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> >> The V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS flag should not be set, event are just
> >> not implemented.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The driver supports controls, and so control events can be subscribed and
> > received by the user. Therefore I don't see a reason to remove the flag.

I further missed the driver does not set the event (un)subscription
callbacks; the event support is actually not functional as a result. :-\

It's trivial to do that, see e.g. the imx319 driver.

>
> Thanks, good to know.
>
> Would it be worth adding a note where V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS is
> #defined, to make this clear?

Could you send a patch? A few words should be enough, no need for a too
elaborate description I guess.

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@xxxxxx