Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Use INTEGER64 type for MEI CSI LINK_FREQ control

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Hi Laurent,

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 02:20:28AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> Thank you for the patches.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 05:55:35PM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > An integer menu isn't a useful control type for conveying the frequency
> > depending on an external device to the receiver. Instead, in the MEI CSI
> > driver, just obtain the link frequency from the upsteam sub-device and
> > pass it on to the receiver.
> > 
> > The v4l2_get_link_freq() is changed to add support for this and it's
> > documented as well.
> 
> Using a control for this seems to be a bit of a hack :-S Wouldn't it fit
> more nicely in the .get_mbus_config() operation ? That would avoid
> exposing this to userspace, and would also have the nice advantage that
> the value could be queried per pad.

Works for me. I also think it's better than using a new control for this
actually.

> 
> > since v1:
> > 
> > - Add a new 64-bit integer control V4L2_CID_CUR_LINK_FREQ instead of
> >   re-using V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ.
> > 
> > Sakari Ailus (3):
> >   media: Documentation: v4l: Add CUR_LINK_FREQ control
> >   media: v4l: Support obtaining link frequency from CUR_LINK_FREQ
> >     control
> >   media: ivsc: csi: Fix link frequency control behaviour
> > 
> >  .../media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-process.rst     |  4 ++++
> >  drivers/media/pci/intel/ivsc/mei_csi.c        | 24 ++++++-------------
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c         |  6 ++++-
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c     |  5 ++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h            |  1 +
> >  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > base-commit: 6612d1ae37b52d37d1d515d7c5110b9f3afe94d2
> 

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus




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