linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: staging/imx: do not return error in link

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Message-ID: <20171011214906.GX20805@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:49:06 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Steve Longerbeam <slongerbeam@...il.com>
Cc:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Steve Longerbeam <steve_longerbeam@...tor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: staging/imx: do not return error in link_notify
 for unknown sources

On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:09:13PM -0700, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> imx_media_link_notify() should not return error if the source subdevice
> is not recognized by imx-media, that isn't an error. If the subdev has
> controls they will be inherited starting from a known subdev.

What does "a known subdev" mean?

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