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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 3/3] media: uvcvideo: Add a unique suffix to camera names
Hi

On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 at 00:02, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Laurent
>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2022 at 23:16, Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ricardo,
> >
> > Thank you for the patch.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 06:08:19PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > Some cameras have multiple data inputs (i.e. IR sensor and RGB sensor),
> > > append a unique number to the device name.
> > >
> > > Fixes v4l2-compliance:
> > > Media Controller ioctls:
> > > fail: v4l2-test-media.cpp(205): v2_entity_names_set.find(key) != v2_entity_names_set.end()
> > > test MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY: FAIL
> > > fail: v4l2-test-media.cpp(394): num_data_links != num_links
> > > test MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES/LINKS: FAIL
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > index 215fb483efb0..f4032ebb3689 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > @@ -1963,7 +1963,8 @@ int uvc_register_video_device(struct uvc_device *dev,
> > > break;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - strscpy(vdev->name, dev->name, sizeof(vdev->name));
> > > + snprintf(vdev->name, sizeof(vdev->name), "%s %u", dev->name,
> > > + stream->header.bTerminalLink);
> >
> > This won't be perfect as the string is not guaranteed to fit in
> > vdev->name, but I suppose it will help as a quick fix for some devices.
> > How about the other devices ? Won't they still exhibit the above
> > v4l2-compliance failure ? Isn't that something that will still affect
> > Chrome OS devices ?
>
> We could place the id first... but that will look bad: Eg:
>
> 1- My favorite camera
>
> Another option is to remove the last chars to fit the id. Eg:
>
> My favorite came-1
>
> If you prefer any of those options or have a better idea I can implement that.

@Laurent

Any preference here?

Thanks!

>
>
> >
> > The change should not cause any regression as big as in patch 1/3.
> > However, unless I'm mistaken users will notice a device name change,
> > especially when selecting a device in their web browser. Could that be a
> > problem ?
>
> I think the only side effect is that the first time that the kernel
> changes the naming convention, if there are more than one camera on
> the system, the video conference might pick a different camera.
> The good news is that the user will be presented with cameras with
> different names. Now some cameras show very confusing names:
>
> ribalda@alco:~/work/linux$ for a in /dev/video* ; do yavta -l $a| grep
> "Dell Webcam"; done
> Device `Dell Webcam WB7022' on `usb-0000:2d:00.0-1.2.3.1' (driver
> 'uvcvideo') supports video, capture, without mplanes.
> Device `Dell Webcam WB7022' on `usb-0000:2d:00.0-1.2.3.1' (driver
> 'uvcvideo') supports meta-data, capture, without mplanes.
> Device `Dell Webcam WB7022' on `usb-0000:2d:00.0-1.2.3.1' (driver
> 'uvcvideo') supports video, capture, without mplanes.
> Device `Dell Webcam WB7022' on `usb-0000:2d:00.0-1.2.3.1' (driver
> 'uvcvideo') supports meta-data, capture, without mplanes.
>
>
>
> >
> > > /*
> > > * Set the driver data before calling video_register_device, otherwise
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Laurent Pinchart
>
>
>
> --
> Ricardo Ribalda



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Ricardo Ribalda

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