[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2] libcamera: device_enumerator: extend documentation of DeviceMatch
Laurent Pinchart
laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Mon Jan 21 00:06:43 CET 2019
Hi Niklas,
Thank you for the patch.
On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 03:04:35PM +0100, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> Extend the document of the intended usage of DeviceMatch need for
s/document/documentation/
> information to correctly function to find a uniquely identifiable media
I'm not sure what you meant by the "need for information to correctly
function".
> device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se>
> ---
> * Changes since v1
> - Rephrased most of it after review comments from Laurent, Thanks!
>
> src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
> index 55c510e3b79a415b..d41e1e580b3451ab 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
> @@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ namespace libcamera {
> *
> * The description is meant to be filled by pipeline managers and passed to a
> * device enumerator to find matching media devices.
> + *
> + * A DeviceMatch is created with a specific Linux device driver in mind,
> + * therefore the name of the driver is a required property. One or more Entity
> + * names can be added as as match criteria.
s/as as/as/
> + *
> + * Pipeline handlers are recommended to add entities to DeviceMatch as
> + * appropriare to ensure that the media device they need can be uniquely
> + * identified. This is useful when the corresponding kernel driver can produce
s/ / /
> + * different graphs, for instance as a result of different driver versions or
> + * hardware configurations, and not all those graphs are suitable for a pipeline
> + * handler.
> + *
s/^ \*\n//
With these fixed,
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> */
>
> /**
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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