Re: RFCv2: Media controller proposal

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Em Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:27:20 -0400
Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Mauro Carvalho
> Chehab<mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In fact, this can already be done by using the sysfs interface. the current
> > version of v4l2-sysfs-path.c already enumerates the associated nodes to
> > a /dev/video device, by just navigating at the already existing device
> > description nodes at sysfs. I hadn't tried yet, but I bet that a similar kind
> > of topology can be obtained from a dvb device (probably, we need to do some
> > adjustments).
> 
> For the audio case, I did some digging into this a bit and It's worth
> noting that this behavior varies by driver (at least on USB).  In some
> cases, the parent points to the USB device, in other cases it points
> to the USB interface.  My original thought was to pick one or the
> other and make the various drivers consistent, but even that is a
> challenge since in some cases the audio device was provided by
> snd-usb-audio (which has no knowledge of the v4l subsystem).

We may consider adding a quick at snd-usb-audio for em28xx devices, in order
to create the proper sysfs nodes.

Cheers,
Mauro
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