Hi Mauro,

On Wednesday 28 September 2011 00:31:32 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em 19-09-2011 12:31, Hiremath, Vaibhav escreveu:
> > On Friday, September 16, 2011 6:36 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote: > >> On 
Friday 16 September 2011 15:00:53 Ravi, Deepthy wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:51 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday 08 September 2011 15:35:22 Deepthy Ravi wrote:
> >>>>> From: Vaibhav Hiremath <hvaib...@ti.com>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> In order to support TVP5146 (for that matter any video decoder),
> >>>>> it is important to support G/S/ENUM_STD ioctl on /dev/videoX
> >>>>> device node.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Why so ? Shouldn't it be queried on the subdev output pad directly ?
> >>> 
> >>> Because standard v4l2 application for analog devices will call these
> >>> std ioctls on the streaming device node. So it's done on /dev/video to
> >>> make the existing apllication work.
> >> 
> >> Existing applications can't work with the OMAP3 ISP (and similar complex
> >> embedded devices) without userspace support anyway, either in the form
> >> of a GStreamer element or a libv4l plugin. I still believe that analog
> >> video standard operations should be added to the subdev pad operations
> >> and exposed through subdev device nodes, exactly as done with formats.
> > 
> > I completely agree with your point that, existing application will not
> > work without setting links properly. But I believe the assumption here
> > is, media-controller should set the links (along with pad formants) and
> > all existing application should work as is. Isn't it?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > The way it is being done currently is, set the format at the pad level
> > which is same as analog standard resolution and use existing application
> > for streaming...
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I am ok, if we add s/g/enum_std api support at sub-dev level but this
> > should also be supported on streaming device node.
> 
> Agreed. Standards selection should be done at device node, just like any
> other device.

No. Please see my reply to Vaibhav's e-mail. Standard selection should be done 
on the subdev pads, for the exact same reason why formats and selection 
rectangles are configured on subdev pads.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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