linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 16/34] [media] add Omnivision OV5640 sensor driver

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Message-ID: <20170603221741.GA2379@amd>
Date:   Sun, 4 Jun 2017 00:17:41 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
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        Steve Longerbeam <steve_longerbeam@...tor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/34] [media] add Omnivision OV5640 sensor driver

Hi!

> > > According to the docs V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_ABSOLUTE is in 100 usec units.
> > > 
> > >  OTOH V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE has no defined unit, so it's a better fit IMO.
> > > >Way more drivers appear to be using EXPOSURE than EXPOSURE_ABSOLUTE, too.
> > > 
> > > Done, switched to V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE. It's true, this control is not
> > > taking 100 usec units, so unit-less is better.
> > 
> > Thanks. If you know the units, it would be of course better to use
> > right units...
> 
> Steve: what's the unit in this case? Is it lines or something else?
> 
> Pavel: we do need to make sure the user space will be able to know the unit,
> too. It's rather a case with a number of controls: the unit is known but
> there's no API to convey it to the user.
> 
> The exposure is a bit special, too: granularity matters a lot on small
> values. On most other controls it does not.

Yeah. Basically problem with exposure is that the control is
logarithmic; by using linear scale we got too much resolution at long
times and too little resolution at short times.

(Plus, 100 usec ... n900 can do times _way_ shorter than that.)

Anyway, even u32 gives us enough range, but I so the linear/log
confusion does not matter. But it would be nicer if values were in 10
usec or usec, not 100 usec... 

								Pavel
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