Re: [RFCv1 07/12] media: mtk-vcodec: abstract firmware interface

[Hans Verkuil]

On 5/28/19 7:56 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> From: Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> MT8183's codec firwmare is run by a different remote processor from
> MT8173. While the firmware interface is basically the same, the way to
> invoke it differs. Abstract all firmware calls under a layer that will
> allow us to handle both firmware types transparently.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [acourbot: refactor, cleanup and split]

High-level question: is the mt8183 firmware different from the MT8173?
And if so, is or will that firmware be part of linux-firmware?

Regards,

	Hans