Add info about sensors v4l2_get_subdev_hostdata() use, to notes.txt. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/atomisp/notes.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/notes.txt b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/notes.txt index d128b792e05f..d3cf6ed547ae 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/notes.txt +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/notes.txt @@ -28,3 +28,22 @@ Since getting a picture requires multiple processing steps, this means that unlike in fixed pipelines the soft pipelines on the ISP can do multiple processing steps in a single pipeline element (in a single binary). + +### + +The sensor drivers use of v4l2_get_subdev_hostdata(), which returns +a camera_mipi_info struct. This struct is allocated/managed by +the core atomisp code. The most important parts of the struct +are filled by the atomisp core itself, like e.g. the port number. + +The sensor drivers on a set_fmt call do fill in camera_mipi_info.data +which is a atomisp_sensor_mode_data struct. This gets filled from +a function called <sensor_name>_get_intg_factor(). This struct is not +used by the atomisp code at all. It is returned to userspace by +a ATOMISP_IOC_G_SENSOR_MODE_DATA and the Android userspace does use this. + +Other members of camera_mipi_info which are set by some drivers are: +-metadata_width, metadata_height, metadata_effective_width, set by + the ov5693 driver (and used by the atomisp core) +-raw_bayer_order, adjusted by the ov2680 driver when flipping since + flipping can change the bayer order -- 2.36.1
