On Thu, 2018-10-25 at 17:29 +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> As per default the GPU memory config of the Raspberry Pi isn't
> sufficient
> for the camera usage. Even worse the bcm2835 camera driver doesn't
> provide a
> helpful error message in this case. So let's add a hint to point the
> user
> to the likely cause.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wah...@i2se.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-
> vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c
> index cc2d993..bffd75d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/mmal-vchiq.c
> @@ -1623,8 +1623,11 @@ int vchiq_mmal_component_init(struct
> vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
> component = &instance->component[instance->component_idx];
>
> ret = create_component(instance, component, name);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + pr_err("%s: failed to create component %d (Not enough
> GPU mem?)\n",
> + __func__, ret);
> goto unlock;
> + }
>
> /* ports info needs gathering */
> component->control.type = MMAL_PORT_TYPE_CONTROL;Nice, had to deal with this the hard way, would have saved me some time.
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