Em Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:54:37 -0500 "Paulraj, Sandeep" <s-paulraj@xxxxxx> escreveu: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab [mailto:mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:35 PM > > To: Paulraj, Sandeep > > Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Grosen, > > Mark > > Subject: Re: New Driver for DaVinci DM355/DM365/DM6446 > > > > Em Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:56:40 -0500 > > "Paulraj, Sandeep" <s-paulraj@xxxxxx> escreveu: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > WE have a module(H3A) on Davinci DM6446,DM355 and DM365. > > > > > > Customers require a way to collect the data required to perform the Auto > > Exposure (AE), Auto Focus(AF), and Auto White balance (AWB) in hardware as > > opposed to software. This is primarily for performance reasons as there is > > not enough software processing MIPS (to do 3A statistics) available in > > > an imaging/video system. > > > > > > Including this block in hardware reduces the load on the processor and > > bandwidth to the memory as the data is collected on the fly from the > > imager. > > > > > > This modules collects statistics and we currently implement it as a > > character driver. > > > > > > Which mailing list would be the most appropriate mailing list to submit > > patches for review? > > > > You should send they to: > > LMML <linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > If you are proposing API changes, please submit they first. > [Sandeep] WE don't propose any API changes. This module for which we want to submit patches is a TI proprietary IP. We currently implement this as a character device and have a few IOCTL's. > We do not follow the V4L2 framework and do not use any V4L2 IOCTLs. > > Can we continue to use it as a character driver? In this case, I don't see why you want it to be upstream. Cheers, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
