kilgota@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Therefore,
1. Everyone seems to agree that the kernel module itself is not going to
do things like rotate or flip data even if a given supported device
always needs that done.
However, this decision has a consequence:
2. Therefore, the module must send the information about what is needed
out of the module, to whatever place is going to deal with it.
Information which is known to the module but unknown anywere else must
be transmitted somehow.
Now there is a further consequence:
3. In view of (1) and (2) there has to be a way agreed upon for the
module to pass the relevant information onward.
It is precisely on item 3 that we are stuck right now. There is an
immediate need, not a theoretical need but an immediate need. However,
there is no agreed-upon method or convention for communication.
We are no longer stuck here, the general agreement is adding 2 new buffer
flags, one to indicate the driver knows the data in the buffer is
vflipped and one for hflip. Then we can handle v-flipped, h-flipped and 180
degrees cameras
This is agreed up on, Trent is arguing we may need more flags in the future,
but that is something for the future, all we need know is these 2 flags and
Hans Verkuil who AFAIK was the only one objecting to doing this with buffer
flags has agreed this is the best solution.
So Adam, kilgota, please ignore the rest of this thread and move forward with
the driver, just add the necessary buffer flags to videodev2.h as part of your
patch (It is usually to submit new API stuff with the same patch which
introduces the first users of this API.
I welcome libv4l patches to use these flags.
Regards,
Hans
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