Re: [RFC] Media controller entity information property API

2015-05-28 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Wed, 27 May 2015 12:15:13 -0300 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@osg.samsung.com escreveu: Em Wed, 27 May 2015 16:39:33 +0300 Sakari Ailus sakari.ai...@iki.fi escreveu: Hi folks, It has been discussed in several occasions that the current MEDIA_IOC_ENTITY_INFO IOCTL does not address

Re: [RFC] Media controller entity information property API

2015-05-28 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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[RFC] Media controller entity information property API

2015-05-27 Thread Sakari Ailus
Hi folks, It has been discussed in several occasions that the current MEDIA_IOC_ENTITY_INFO IOCTL does not address various needs that have arisen since the API was merged to the mainline kernel. It also has been recognised that the current interface is not meaningfully extensible in a

Re: [RFC] Media controller entity information property API

2015-05-27 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Wed, 27 May 2015 16:39:33 +0300 Sakari Ailus sakari.ai...@iki.fi escreveu: Hi folks, It has been discussed in several occasions that the current MEDIA_IOC_ENTITY_INFO IOCTL does not address various needs that have arisen since the API was merged to the mainline kernel. It also has been