Re: ov519.c - allow setting i2c_detect_tries

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 16-07-15 00:51, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote:

I encountered a user who was having troubles getting a PlayStation EyeToy
(USB ID 054c:0155) working as a webcam. They reported that repeated attempts
would often make it work.  Looking at the code, there was support for
repeated attempts at I2C transactions - but only if you rebuilt the
module from source.

Added module parameter support so that users running a distro kernel
can tune it for recalcitrant devices.


That is not necessary, this should be fixed by this commit:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/media/usb/gspca?id=f7c7ac480d246f2f625a70f56ea6650710c23f30

Regards,

Hans




While we're at it, fix the comment to reflect the error message actually issued.

Testing:

[/usr/src/linux-next] insmod drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko
[/usr/src/linux-next] cat /sys/module/gspca_ov519/parameters/i2c_detect_tries
10
[/usr/src/linux-next] rmmod gspca_ov519
[/usr/src/linux-next] insmod drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko 
i2c_detect_tries=50
[/usr/src/linux-next] cat /sys/module/gspca_ov519/parameters/i2c_detect_tries
50
[/usr/src/linux-next] modinfo drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko | grep parm
parm:   i2c_detect_tries:Number of times to try to init I2C (default 
10) (int)
parm:   frame_rate:Frame rate (5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 fps) (int)

Reported-By: Demhlyr 
Signed-Off-By: Valdis Kletnieks 
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--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c   2014-10-21 10:06:09.359806243 -0400
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c   2015-07-15 18:35:21.063790541 -0400
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static int frame_rate;

 /* Number of times to retry a failed I2C transaction. Increase this if you
- * are getting "Failed to read sensor ID..." */
+ * are getting "Can't determine sensor slave IDs" */
 static int i2c_detect_tries = 10;
+module_param(i2c_detect_tries, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(i2c_detect_tries,"Number of times to try to init I2C (default 
10)");

 /* ov519 device descriptor */
 struct sd {


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[PATCH] ov519.c - allow setting i2c_detect_tries

[Valdis Kletnieks]

I encountered a user who was having troubles getting a PlayStation EyeToy
(USB ID 054c:0155) working as a webcam. They reported that repeated attempts
would often make it work.  Looking at the code, there was support for
repeated attempts at I2C transactions - but only if you rebuilt the
module from source.

Added module parameter support so that users running a distro kernel
can tune it for recalcitrant devices.

While we're at it, fix the comment to reflect the error message actually issued.

Testing:

[/usr/src/linux-next] insmod drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko
[/usr/src/linux-next] cat /sys/module/gspca_ov519/parameters/i2c_detect_tries
10
[/usr/src/linux-next] rmmod gspca_ov519
[/usr/src/linux-next] insmod drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko 
i2c_detect_tries=50
[/usr/src/linux-next] cat /sys/module/gspca_ov519/parameters/i2c_detect_tries
50
[/usr/src/linux-next] modinfo drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko | grep parm
parm:   i2c_detect_tries:Number of times to try to init I2C (default 
10) (int)
parm:   frame_rate:Frame rate (5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 fps) (int)

Reported-By: Demhlyr cont...@demhlyr.de
Signed-Off-By: Valdis Kletnieks valdis.kletni...@vt.edu

--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c   2014-10-21 10:06:09.359806243 -0400
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c   2015-07-15 18:35:21.063790541 -0400
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ MODULE_LICENSE(GPL);
 static int frame_rate;
 
 /* Number of times to retry a failed I2C transaction. Increase this if you
- * are getting Failed to read sensor ID... */
+ * are getting Can't determine sensor slave IDs */
 static int i2c_detect_tries = 10;
+module_param(i2c_detect_tries, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(i2c_detect_tries,Number of times to try to init I2C (default 
10));
 
 /* ov519 device descriptor */
 struct sd {

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