linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] [media] em28xx: Fix vidioc fmt vid cap v4l2 compliance

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:07:51 -0400
From:	Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@...nellabs.com>
To:	Alban Browaeys <alban.browaeys@...il.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alban Browaeys <prahal@...oo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] [media] em28xx: Fix vidioc fmt vid cap v4l2 compliance

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Alban Browaeys
<alban.browaeys@...il.com> wrote:
> Set fmt.pix.priv to zero in vidioc_g_fmt_vid_cap
>  and vidioc_try_fmt_vid_cap.

Any reason not to have the v4l2 core do this before dispatching to the
driver?  Set it to zero before the core calls g_fmt.  This avoids all
the drivers (most of which don't use the field) from having to set the
value themselves.

Devin

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