Re: [PATCH 6/8] WmT: adv7604 driver compatibility

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On 02/03/15 16:22, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> On Monday 02 February 2015 11:09:27 Hans Verkuil wrote:
>> On 02/02/2015 11:01 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> On Sunday 01 February 2015 12:26:11 Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>>> On a second thought:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2015, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>>>> Hi Wills,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the patch. First and foremost, the title of the patch is
>>>>> wrong. This patch does more than just adding some "adv7604
>>>>> compatibility." It's adding pad-level API to soc-camera.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is just a rough review. I'm not an expert in media-controller /
>>>>> pad-level API, I hope someone with a better knowledge of those areas
>>>>> will help me reviewing this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another general comment: it has been discussed since a long time,
>>>>> whether a wrapper wouldn't be desired to enable a seamless use of both
>>>>> subdev drivers using and not using the pad-level API. Maybe it's the
>>>>> right time now?..
>>>>
>>>> This would be a considerable change and would most probably take a rather
>>>> long time, given how busy everyone is.
>>>
>>> If I understood correctly Hans Verkuil told me over the weekend that he
>>> wanted to address this problem in the near future. Hans, could you detail
>>> your plans ?
>>
>> That's correct. This patch series makes all the necessary changes.
>>
>> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg83415.html
>>
>> Patches 1-4 have been merged already, but I need to do more testing for the
>> remainder. The Renesas SH7724 board is ideal for that, but unfortunately I
>> can't get it to work with the current kernel.
> 
> I can't help you much with that, but I could test changes using the rcar-vin 
> driver with the adv7180 if needed (does the adv7180 generate an image if no 
> analog source is connected ?). 

I expect so, most SDTV receivers do that.

> That will need to wait for two weeks though as 
> I don't have access to the hardware right now.
> 

It's certainly appreciated (I'll see if I can rebase it), but I am not
worried about that driver. It's soc_camera that is affected the most.

Regards,

	Hans
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