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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/TODO')
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7015ab35ded5 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +TODO (general): +================================== + +- User space interface refinement + - Controls should be used when possible rather than private ioctl + - No enums should be used + - Use of MC and V4L2 subdev APIs when applicable + - Single interface header might suffice + - Current interface forces to configure everything at once +- Get rid of the dm365_ipipe_hw.[ch] layer +- Active external sub-devices defined by link configuration; no strcmp + needed +- More generic platform data (i2c adapters) +- The driver should have no knowledge of possible external subdevs; see + struct vpfe_subdev_id +- Some of the hardware control should be refactorede +- Check proper serialisation (through mutexes and spinlocks) +- Names that are visible in kernel global namespace should have a common + prefix (or a few) +- While replacing the older driver in media folder, provide a compatibility + layer and compatibility tests that warrants (using the libv4l's LD_PRELOAD + approach) there is no regression for the users using the older driver. + +Building of uImage and Applications: +================================== + +As of now since the interface will undergo few changes all the include +files are present in staging itself, to build for dm365 follow below steps, + +- copy vpfe.h from drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/ to + include/media/davinci/ folder for building the uImage. +- copy davinci_vpfe_user.h from drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/ to + include/uapi/linux/davinci_vpfe.h, and add a entry in Kbuild (required + for building application). +- copy dm365_ipipeif_user.h from drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/ to + include/uapi/linux/dm365_ipipeif.h and a entry in Kbuild (required + for building application). |