RE: [PATCH 3/3] v4l: Set proper timestamp type in selected drivers which use videobuf2

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Hi,

> From: 'Sakari Ailus' [mailto:sakari.ailus@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:55 PM
> 
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:03:47AM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> ...
> > Right. And in my view there should be no default timestamp. Drivers
> > should always select MONOTONIC or COPY, and never UNKNOWN. The vb2
> > code should check for that and issue a WARN_ON if no proper timestamp
> type was provided.
> >
> > v4l2-compliance already checks for that as well.
> 
> I agree with that.

I also agree. I will post patches that issue a WARN_ON.

> Speaking of non-vb2 drivers --- I guess there's no reason for a driver
> not to use vb2 these days. There are actually already multple reasons
> to use it instead.
> 
> So, vb2 drivers should choose the timestamps, and non-vb2 drivers...
> well, we shouldn't have more, but in case we do, they _must_ set the
> timestamp type, as there's no "default" since the relevant IOCTLs are
> handled by the driver itself rather than the V4L2 framework.
> 


Best wishes,
-- 
Kamil Debski
Linux Platform Group
Samsung Poland R&D Center


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