Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 10/18] media: cadence: csi2rx: Populate subdev devnode | From | Tomi Valkeinen <> | Date | Fri, 28 May 2021 10:35:11 +0300 |
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On 28/05/2021 10:24, Pratyush Yadav wrote: > On 28/05/21 10:16AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: >> On 26/05/2021 18:23, Pratyush Yadav wrote: >>> The devnode can be used by media-ctl and other userspace tools to >>> perform configurations on the subdev. Without it, media-ctl returns >>> ENOENT when setting format on the sensor subdev. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@ti.com> >>> --- >>> >>> (no changes since v1) >>> >>> drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c | 1 + >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c b/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c >>> index 1df21f462f3c..49bed63d5faa 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c >>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c >>> @@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ static int csi2rx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >>> csi2rx->pads[CSI2RX_PAD_SINK].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK; >>> for (i = CSI2RX_PAD_SOURCE_STREAM0; i < CSI2RX_PAD_MAX; i++) >>> csi2rx->pads[i].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE; >>> + csi2rx->subdev.flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE; >>> ret = media_entity_pads_init(&csi2rx->subdev.entity, CSI2RX_PAD_MAX, >>> csi2rx->pads); >>> >> >> I don't understand this one. There's nothing to configure in cdns-csi2rx >> from userspace, as far as I can see, so why is the dev node needed? And why >> would the lack of csi2rx dev node cause sensor subdev config to fail? > > Sensor config does not fail. But when I run media-ctl to set the format > on /dev/media0, I get an error message that comes because the devnode > for the bridge does not exist. I was not 100% sure about this patch but > I figured if media-ctl expects it then it should be exposed. > > I don't mind dropping this patch. Just want to make sure what the right > thing to do here is. Should every element of the pipeline have a devnode > or not?
Tbh, I don't know. But I don't see why they should have. Also, my test works fine if I remove the devnode here.
What media-ctl parameters did you use which fails?
Tomi
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