Hi Arnd, On Monday 09 November 2015 21:30:41 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2015 22:09:26 Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > On Thursday 17 September 2015 23:19:40 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > C libraries with 64-bit time_t use an incompatible format for > > > struct omap3isp_stat_data. This changes the kernel code to > > > support either version, by moving over the normal handling > > > to the 64-bit variant, and adding compatiblity code to handle > > > the old binary format with the existing ioctl command code. > > > > > > Fortunately, the command code includes the size of the structure, > > > so the difference gets handled automatically. > > > > We plan to design a new interface to handle statistics in V4L2. That API > > should support proper 64-bit timestamps out of the box, and will be > > implemented by the OMAP3 ISP driver. Userspace should then move to it. I > > wonder if it's worth it to fix the existing VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_STAT_REQ ioctl > > given that I expect it to have a handful of users at most. > > We still need to do something to the driver. The alternative would > be to make the existing ioctl command optional at kernel compile-time > so we can still build the driver once we remove the 'struct timeval' > definition. That patch would add slightly less complexity here > but also lose functionality. > > As my patch here depends on the struct v4l2_timeval I introduced in > an earlier patch of the series, we will have to change it anyways, > but I'd prefer to keep the basic idea. Let's get back to this one > after the v4l_buffer replacement work is done. Fine with me. I'll mark the patch as "Obsoleted" in patchwork in the meantime. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
