Em Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:53:59 +0200 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > Hi Mauro, > > Thank you for the patches. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:42:53PM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > This patch series do lots of reorg at the media Kconfig options. > > It also move test drivers from platform dir to a new one. > > > > After this change, the main config is organized on menus, allowing to > > select: > > > > - type of devices selection - the filtering options > > - Media core options - with API and other core stuff > > - Media core extra options > > - Media drivers > > - Media ancillary drivers > > > > The "type of devices" menu has the filtering options for: > > > > - Cameras and video grabbers > > - Analog TV > > - Digital TV > > - AM/FM radio receivers/transmitters > > - SDR > > - CEC > > - Embeded devices (SoC) > > - Test drivers > > > > This way, one interested only on embedded devices can unselect > > everything but "Embedded devices (SoC)" option. > > > > Distros for PC/Laptops can enable everything but > > "Embedded devices (SoC)" and "Test drivers". > > How about a device such as the Intel IPU3 ? It's a SoC, and is present > in laptops. Unlike the physical interface which is a fairly well defined > way to categorize devices, creating artificial classes will always leave > some devices without a home. We could have a capture card that supports > both analog and digital TV. A digital TV capture card with an HDMI input > can have a CEC device. Lots of combinations are possible. This is basically what we had before, just better organized. It is a hints based selection. So, a multi-function device like IPU3 would basically do (either directly or the menu which contains it): depends on MEDIA_EMBEDDED_SUPPORT || MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT When the filter is disabled, both options tune to "y". Thanks, Mauro
