linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] Media Controller capture driver for DM365

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Message-ID: <20121123131344.GA31879@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:13:44 +0200
From:	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Cc:	LMML <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	DLOS <davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	Manjunath Hadli <manjunath.hadli@...com>,
	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.lad@...com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com, hverkuil@...all.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] Media Controller capture driver for DM365

Hi Prabhakar and others,

(Just resending; Laurent's e-mail address corrected, cc Hans, too.)

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 08:15:02PM +0530, Prabhakar Lad wrote:
> From: Manjunath Hadli <manjunath.hadli@...com>
> 
> This patch set adds media controller based capture driver for
> DM365.
> 
> This driver bases its design on Laurent Pinchart's Media Controller Design
> whose patches for Media Controller and subdev enhancements form the base.
> The driver also takes copious elements taken from Laurent Pinchart and
> others' OMAP ISP driver based on Media Controller. So thank you all the
> people who are responsible for the Media Controller and the OMAP ISP driver.
> 
> Also, the core functionality of the driver comes from the arago vpfe capture
> driver of which the isif capture was based on V4L2, with other drivers like
> ipipe, ipipeif and Resizer.
> 
> Changes for v2:
> 1: Migrated the driver for videobuf2 usage pointed Hans.
> 2: Changed the design as pointed by Laurent, Exposed one more subdevs
>    ipipeif and split the resizer subdev into three subdevs.
> 3: Rearrganed the patch sequence and changed the commit messages.
> 4: Changed the file architecture as pointed by Laurent.
> 
> Manjunath Hadli (12):
>   davinci: vpfe: add v4l2 capture driver with media interface
>   davinci: vpfe: add v4l2 video driver support
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: add IPIPEIF driver based on media framework
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: add ISIF driver based on media framework
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: add IPIPE support for media controller driver
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: add IPIPE hardware layer support
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: resizer driver based on media framework
>   davinci: vpss: dm365: enable ISP registers
>   davinci: vpss: dm365: set vpss clk ctrl
>   davinci: vpss: dm365: add vpss helper functions to be used in the
>     main driver for setting hardware parameters
>   davinci: vpfe: dm365: add build infrastructure for capture driver
>   davinci: vpfe: Add documentation

As discussed, here's the todo list for inclusion to staging.

- User space interface refinement
	- Controls should be used when possible rather than private ioctl
	- No enums should be used
	- Use of MC and V4L2 subdev APIs when applicable
	- Single interface header might suffice
	- Current interface forces to configure everything at once
- Get rid of the dm365_ipipe_hw.[ch] layer
- Active external sub-devices defined by link configuration; no strcmp
  needed
- More generic platform data (i2c adapters)
- The driver should have no knowledge of possible external subdevs; see
  struct vpfe_subdev_id
- Some of the hardware control should be refactorede
- Check proper serialisation (through mutexes and spinlocks)
- Names that are visible in kernel global namespace should have a common
  prefix (or a few)

This list likely isn't complete, but some items such as the locking one is
there simply because I'm not certain of the state of it.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi	XMPP: sailus@...iisi.org.uk
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