Re: [RFC 2/5] media: v4l2-ctrl: Document V4L2_CID_LOCATION

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Sakari,

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:00:25AM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:28:12PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Add documentation for the V4L2_CID_LOCATION camera control. The newly
> > added read-only control reports the camera device mounting position.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> > index 51c1d5c9eb00..fc0a02eee6d4 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> > @@ -510,6 +510,29 @@ enum v4l2_scene_mode -
> >      value down. A value of zero stops the motion if one is in progress
> >      and has no effect otherwise.
> > 
> > +``V4L2_CID_LOCATION (integer)``
> > +    This read-only control describes the camera location by reporting its
> > +    mounting position on the device where the camera is installed. This
> > +    control is particularly meaningful for devices which have a well defined
> > +    orientation, such as phones, laptops and portable devices as the camera
> > +    location is expressed as a position relative to the device intended
> > +    usage position. In example, a camera installed on the user-facing side
> 
> s/In/For/
> 
> > +    of a phone device is said to be installed in the ``V4L2_LOCATION_FRONT``
> > +    position.
> > +
> > +
> > +
> > +.. flat-table::
> > +    :header-rows:  0
> > +    :stub-columns: 0
> > +
> > +    * - ``V4L2_LOCATION_FRONT``
> > +      - The camera device is located on the front side of the device.
> > +    * - ``V4L2_LOCATION_BACK``
> > +      - The camera device is located on the back side of the device.
> > +
> > +
> > +
> >  .. [#f1]
> >     This control may be changed to a menu control in the future, if more
> >     options are required.
> 
> There's an effective limit of 64 for menus. ACPI has less than ten
> different locations for a device, I think 64 will be enough here.
> 
> So I'd be actually in favour of switching to a menu.

Why ? As you explained yourself, it's a static read-only control, all it
needs to report is a single value.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart