[PATCH 04/14] media: add V4L2 DT binding documentation

[Sascha Hauer]

Hi Guennadi,

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:58:58AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2012, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:41:00PM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > Hi Sascha
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe the example would be clearer if you split it up in two, one simple
> > > > case with the csi2_1 <-> imx074_1 and a more advanced with the link in
> > > > between.
> > > 
> > > With no link between two ports no connection is possible, so, only 
> > > examples with links make sense.
> > 
> > I should have said with the renesas,sh-mobile-ceu in between.
> > 
> > So simple example: csi2_1 <-l-> imx074_1
> > advanced: csi2_2 <-l-> ceu <-l-> ov772x
> 
> No, CEU is the DMA engine with some image processing, so, it's always 
> present. The CSI-2 is just a MIPI CSI-2 interface, that in the above case 
> is used with the CEU too. So, it's like
> 
>        ,-l- ov772x
>       /
> ceu0 <
>       \
>        `-l- csi2 -l- imx074
> 
> > > > It took me some time until I figured out that these are two
> > > > separate camera/sensor pairs. Somehow I was looking for a multiplexer
> > > > between them.
> > > 
> > > Maybe I can add more comments to the file, perhaps, add an ASCII-art 
> > > chart.
> > 
> > That would be good.
> 
> Is the above good enough? :)

Yes, thanks. We thought and disucssed about this devicetree binding
quite much the last days. Finally I understood it and I must say that I
like it. I think more prosa to explain the general concept would be good
in the binding doc.

Mark, when do we get the same for aSoC? ;)

Sascha

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