As per default the GPU memory config of the Raspberry Pi isn't sufficient for the camera usage. Even worse the bcm2835 camera driver doesn't provide a helpful error message in this case. So let's add a hint to point the user to the likely cause. Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c index cc2d993..bffd75d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c @@ -1623,8 +1623,11 @@ int vchiq_mmal_component_init(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance, component = &instance->component[instance->component_idx]; ret = create_component(instance, component, name); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + pr_err("%s: failed to create component %d (Not enough GPU mem?)\n", + __func__, ret); goto unlock; + } /* ports info needs gathering */ component->control.type = MMAL_PORT_TYPE_CONTROL; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel