On 29/03/17 00:35, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
>
>
> Le 28 mars 2017 4:38 PM, "Sakari Ailus" <sakari.ai...@iki.fi
> <mailto:sakari.ai...@iki.fi>> a écrit :
>
> Hi Mauro,
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 08:38:26AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:00:36 +0200
> > Hans Verkuil <hverk...@xs4all.nl <mailto:hverk...@xs4all.nl>> escreveu:
> >
> > > On 27/03/17 20:09, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > > Em Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:19:51 -0300
> > > > Helen Koike <helen.ko...@collabora.co.uk
> <mailto:helen.ko...@collabora.co.uk>> escreveu:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi Sakari,
> > > >>
> > > >> On 2017-03-26 10:31 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > >>> Hi Helen,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ...
> > > >>>> +static int vimc_cap_enum_input(struct file *file, void *priv,
> > > >>>> + struct v4l2_input *i)
> > > >>>> +{
> > > >>>> + /* We only have one input */
> > > >>>> + if (i->index > 0)
> > > >>>> + return -EINVAL;
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>> + i->type = V4L2_INPUT_TYPE_CAMERA;
> > > >>>> + strlcpy(i->name, "VIMC capture", sizeof(i->name));
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>> + return 0;
> > > >>>> +}
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>> +static int vimc_cap_g_input(struct file *file, void *priv,
> unsigned int *i)
> > > >>>> +{
> > > >>>> + /* We only have one input */
> > > >>>> + *i = 0;
> > > >>>> + return 0;
> > > >>>> +}
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>> +static int vimc_cap_s_input(struct file *file, void *priv,
> unsigned int i)
> > > >>>> +{
> > > >>>> + /* We only have one input */
> > > >>>> + return i ? -EINVAL : 0;
> > > >>>> +}
> > > >>>
> > > >>> You can drop the input IOCTLs altogether here. If you had e.g. a
> TV
> > > >>> tuner, it'd be the TV tuner driver's responsibility to implement
> them.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> input IOCTLs seems to be mandatory from v4l2-compliance when
> capability
> > > >> V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE is set (which is the case):
> > > >>
> > > >>
> https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/tree/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-input-output.cpp#n418
>
> <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/tree/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-test-input-output.cpp#n418>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/tree/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-compliance.cpp#n989
>
> <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/tree/utils/v4l2-compliance/v4l2-compliance.cpp#n989>
> > > >
> > > > The V4L2 spec doesn't actually define what's mandatory and what's
> > > > optional. The idea that was agreed on one of the media summits
> > > > were to define a set of profiles for different device types,
> > > > matching the features required by existing applications to work,
> > > > but this was never materialized.
> > > >
> > > > So, my understanding is that any driver can implement
> > > > any V4L2 ioctl.
> > > >
> > > > Yet, some applications require enum/get/set inputs, or otherwise
> > > > they wouldn't work. It is too late to change this behavior.
> > > > So, either the driver or the core should implement those
> > > > ioctls, in order to avoid breaking backward-compatibility.
> > >
> > > The closest we have to determining which ioctls are mandatory or not
> is
> > > v4l2-compliance.
> >
> > Yes, but we should explicitly document what's mandatory at the V4L2
> > API spec and mention the v4l2-compliance tool there.
> >
> > > That said, v4l2-compliance is actually a bit more strict
> > > in some cases than the spec since some ioctls are optional in the
> spec, but
> > > required in v4l2-compliance for the simple reason that there is no
> reason
> > > for drivers NOT to implement those ioctls.
> > >
> > > However, the v4l2-compliance test was never written for MC devices.
> It turns
> > > out that it works reasonably well as long as a working pipeline is
> configured
> > > first, but these input ioctls are a bit iffy.
> >
> > The way I see, v4l2-compliance V4L2 API check[1] should not be modified
> to
> > explicitly support devices with MC and/or subdev API.
>
> The V4L2 API documentation states that
>
> Video inputs and outputs are physical connectors of a device. ...
> Drivers must implement all the input ioctls when the device has
> one
> or more inputs, all the output ioctls when the device has one or
> more outputs.
>
> "Inputs" and "outputs", as the spec defines them, mean physical connectors
> to the device.
>
> Does e.g. a camera have a physical connector? I don't think one could
> imagine it does, meaning also there is no need to implement these IOCTLs.
>
>
> In the case of MC drivers, could that be used to allow selecting the sensor ?
> It's not physical connector, but it's physically different input.
For MC drivers each video node has just a single input or output: it cannot be
used
to switch between inputs, since that depends on the configured video pipeline.
It's just there to satisfy existing applications. I also think it can be useful
to provide quick information about the device where possible, e.g. "scalar
input",
"bayer capture", etc.
Regards,
Hans
