Re: [PATCH 1/6] media: videodev2.h: add V4L2_CAP_EDID

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On 28/08/2024 14:51, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> Hi Hans
> 
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 10:14 AM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Erling Ljunggren <hljunggr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add capability flag to indicate that the device is an EDID-only device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Erling Ljunggren <hljunggr@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> index 4e91362da6da..987c821aed79 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> @@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ struct v4l2_capability {
>>  #define V4L2_CAP_META_CAPTURE          0x00800000  /* Is a metadata capture device */
>>
>>  #define V4L2_CAP_READWRITE              0x01000000  /* read/write systemcalls */
>> +#define V4L2_CAP_EDID                  0x02000000  /* Is an EDID-only device */
> 
> Would it make sense to add a check for "EDID-only", I mean, if the
> driver sets this cap, then it should not set V4L2_CAP_STREAMING or others.
> 
> The test could be in the core or even in v4l2-compliance.

Good point. It is easy to add this to v4l2-compliance.

I noticed that the v4l2 core doesn't check for invalid caps combinations. It is
left to v4l2-compliance to check that. So I think I'll keep the check there.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Regards!
> 
> 
>>  #define V4L2_CAP_STREAMING              0x04000000  /* streaming I/O ioctls */
>>  #define V4L2_CAP_META_OUTPUT           0x08000000  /* Is a metadata output device */
>>
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>
>>
> 
> 
> --
> Ricardo Ribalda
> 





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