Re: [PATCH 1/1] microchip-csi2dc: Remove VC support for now

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On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 08:10:18PM +0000, Eugen.Hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 2/15/22 9:21 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Eugen,
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 11:36:16AM +0000, Eugen.Hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> I am sorry, I was referring to the get_mbus_config which was recently
> >> added, which in my case uses V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_CHANNEL_* .
> >> Without the get_mbus_config, I wasn't supposed to use the
> >> V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_CHANNEL_* at all .
> >> Hence my confusion in adding them into the same bucket.
> >>
> >> My driver uses these flags because my initial implementation to get the
> >> VC from the devicetree was rejected and this was suggested instead.
> > 
> > As noted by Laurent, this feature is not supported in mainline currently.
> > Beyond that, no transmitter driver uses virtual channel different from
> > zero, so the case for setting non-zero virtual channel in absence of
> > multiple streams does not exist.
> > 
> > Also the interfaces required to make use of multiple streams do not exist
> > in mainline at the moment. They will be added by the streams patchset
> > eventually, and adding support for them requires extra driver work.
> > 
> > Thus, we're not losing any functionality by dropping the defines and
> > potentially associated driver code. Therefore I see no reason to postpone
> > these patches.
> 
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> I understand. I am fine with the patch.

Thank you, Eugen.

-- 
Sakari Ailus



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