Re: [PATCH 1/1] Documentation: media: Document media bus codes to use on serial busses

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On 19/05/2020 09:21, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Document media bus codes on serial busses. The single sample per pixel
> variant is to be chosen from all the possible variants. While this has
> been the practice since the introduction of CSI-2 support, it never was
> written down. Do it now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/media/csi2.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/csi2.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/csi2.rst
> index da8b356389f0..af078ac927bd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/csi2.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/csi2.rst
> @@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ the host SoC. It is defined by the `MIPI alliance`_.
>  
>  .. _`MIPI alliance`: http://www.mipi.org/
>  
> +Media bus formats
> +-----------------
> +
> +Always use single sample per pixel formats on the CSI-2 bus.
> +
> +No new media bus formats were created when the support for serial busses were

busses -> buses

(actually, both spellings are used in about equal measures in the kernel, but
the official spelling is 'buses').

were -> was

(the support was added, 'support' is singular)

> +added. To avoid using different media bus codes to describe the same format, the
> +practice is to use a format that has a single sample per pixel on the parallel
> +bus.

To be honest, I'm confused by this text. Probably because I don't know enough
about CSI. I'm not really sure what you mean with 'single sample per pixel'.

Regards,

	Hans

> +
>  Transmitter drivers
>  -------------------
>  
> 




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