[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2] libcamera: device_enumerator: extend documentation of DeviceMatch

Niklas Söderlund niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se
Tue Jan 22 13:58:08 CET 2019


Hi Laurent,

On 2019-01-21 01:06:43 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 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".

How about,

Extend the documentation of the intended usage of DeviceMatch. The 
DeviceMatch needs enough information to be able to uniquely identify a 
specific media device.

> 
> > 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

-- 
Regards,
Niklas Söderlund


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