Re: [PATCH v4 07/15] media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: add media device if using stateless api

[Alexandre Courbot]

Hi Hans, thanks for the review!

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 4:28 PM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 27/04/2021 13:15, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> > From: Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The stateless API requires a media device for issuing requests. Add one
> > if we are being instantiated as a stateless decoder.
>
> Why for the stateless decoder only? Why not create one for all?
>
> It's not a blocker, but I would recommend looking at this.

Would there be any use in creating a media device for a stateful
decoder that does not need to use requests?

Cheers,
Alex.