linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: v4l2-subdev.h: drop the guard CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API for v4l2_subdev_get_try

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Date:	Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:30:35 +0000
From:	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	linux-media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: v4l2-subdev.h: drop the guard CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
 for v4l2_subdev_get_try_*()

Hi Laurent,

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 30 November 2014 21:05:50 Prabhakar Lad wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > Hi Prabhakar,
>>
>> [Snip]
>>
>> >> > Sure. That's a better choice than removing the config option dependency
>> >> > of the fields struct v4l2_subdev.
>> >
>> > Decoupling CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API from the availability of the
>> > in-kernel pad format and selection rectangles helpers is definitely a
>> > good idea. I was thinking about decoupling the try format and rectangles
>> > from v4l2_subdev_fh by creating a kind of configuration store structure
>> > to store them, and embedding that structure in v4l2_subdev_fh. The
>> > pad-level operations would then take a pointer to the configuration store
>> > instead of the v4l2_subdev_fh. Bridge drivers that want to implement
>> > TRY_FMT based on pad-level operations would create a configuration store,
>> > use the pad-level operations, and destroy the configuration store. The
>> > userspace subdev API would use the configuration store from the file
>> > handle.
>>
>> are planning to work/post any time soon ? Or are you OK with suggestion from
>> Hans ?
>
> I have no plan to work on that myself now, I was hoping you could implement it
> ;-)
>
OK will implement it.

Can you please elaborate a more on this "The userspace subdev API would use
the configuration store from the file  handle."

Thanks,
--Prabhakar Lad
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