Re: Any rules in making ioctl or cids?

2009-01-08 Thread DongSoo Kim
Thank you Mauro. I finally got it what to do. I'll figure it out how to make it easier to control strobe lights through CIDs. "Try to avoid creating newer ioctls" is the same I think. Cheers, Nate On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:20:16 +090

Re: Any rules in making ioctl or cids?

2009-01-08 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:20:16 +0900 "DongSoo Kim" wrote: > Hello everyone. > > I'm facing with some questions about "Can I make it ioctl or CID?" For most cases, creating a control (CID) is better than using another ioctl. > Because if I make it in ioctl It should occupy one of the extra ioctl >

Any rules in making ioctl or cids?

2009-01-08 Thread DongSoo Kim
Hello everyone. I'm facing with some questions about "Can I make it ioctl or CID?" Because if I make it in ioctl It should occupy one of the extra ioctl number for v4l2, and I'm afraid it deserves that. Actually I'm working on strobe flash device (like xenon flash, LED flash and so on...) for di