Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] v4l: Add camera voice coil lens control class, current control

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Hi Pavel,

On 02/15/17 00:47, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2017-02-14 14:20:22, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>> Add a V4L2 control class for voice coil lens driver devices. These are
>> simple devices that are used to move a camera lens from its resting
>> position.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Looks good to me.
> 
> I wonder... should we somehow expose the range of diopters to
> userspace? I believe userland camera application will need that
> information.

It'd certainly be useful to be able to provide more information.

The question is: where to store it, and how? It depends on the voice
coil, the spring constant, the lens and the distance of the lens from
the sensor --- at least. Probably the sensor size as well.

On voice coil lenses it is also somewhat inexact.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus
sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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