linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor

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Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:55:22 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>, ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com,
        pali.rohar@...il.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        galak@...eaurora.org, mchehab@....samsung.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor

Hi Pavel,

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:54:25AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 12:54:08AM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > > > Thanks, this answered half of my questions already. ;-)
> > > > :-).
> > > > 
> > > > I'll have to go through the patches, et8ek8 driver is probably not
> > > > enough to get useful video. platform/video-bus-switch.c is needed for
> > > > camera switching, then some omap3isp patches to bind flash and
> > > > autofocus into the subdevice.
> > > > 
> > > > Then, device tree support on n900 can be added.
> > > 
> > > I briefly discussed with with Sebastian.
> > > 
> > > Do you think the elusive support for the secondary camera is worth keeping
> > > out the main camera from the DT in mainline? As long as there's a reasonable
> > > way to get it working, I'd just merge that. If someone ever gets the
> > > secondary camera working properly and nicely with the video bus switch,
> > > that's cool, we'll somehow deal with the problem then. But frankly I don't
> > > think it's very useful even if we get there: the quality is really bad.
> > 
> > If we want to keep open the option to add proper support for the
> > second camera, we could also add the bus switch and not add the
> > front camera node in DT. Then adding the front camera does not
> 
> Now that we have ack on the device tree parts, could you merge the
> et8ek8 driver (or provide review comments?)?
> 
> Yes, there are more parts missing for useful camera support on n900,
> but the chip driver is neccessary part and it should be ready.

Sure, I was somehow expecting we could perhaps merge the rest of the
necessary patches sooner than it now appears.

Let me check the latest et8ek8 patch.

-- 
Kind regards,

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