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

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Tue Jan 22 14:50:55 CET 2019


Hi Niklas,

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 01:58:08PM +0100, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> On 2019-01-21 01:06:43 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > 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.

Much better, thanks.

> >> 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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