Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-09 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi, On Tuesday 07 December 2010 20:03:28 Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:11:39PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: Ah, now I understand what you mean. Would 'activated' be better than 'active'? Better, yes, though it still sounds a bit like something should be actively (IYSWIM)

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-07 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Friday, December 03, 2010 15:54:08 Mark Brown wrote: On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:50:58PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Friday 03 December 2010 13:06:18 Hans Verkuil wrote: Just to confirm thinks, Mark's proposal is to replace 'connected' by 'linked' and 'active' by 'connected'.

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 06:13:35PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: Personally I think this is perfectly clear. The original confusion came from the word 'active', which I understand means 'streaming' in alsa. By adding a 'streaming' flag in addition to the active flag I think it will be clear that

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-07 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 18:55:05 Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 06:13:35PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: Personally I think this is perfectly clear. The original confusion came from the word 'active', which I understand means 'streaming' in alsa. By adding a 'streaming' flag

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:11:39PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: Ah, now I understand what you mean. Would 'activated' be better than 'active'? Better, yes, though it still sounds a bit like something should be actively (IYSWIM) happening. In the absence of better ideas I could go with this.

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-03 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Hans, Adding by the original CC list which was dropped by mistake. On Friday 03 December 2010 13:06:18 Hans Verkuil wrote: On Friday, December 03, 2010 11:19:36 Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Sunday 28 November 2010 16:57:00 you wrote: On Sunday, November 28, 2010 13:34:45 Laurent Pinchart

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-12-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:50:58PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Friday 03 December 2010 13:06:18 Hans Verkuil wrote: Just to confirm thinks, Mark's proposal is to replace 'connected' by 'linked' and 'active' by 'connected'. Are we on the same page here ? Yes, but when I read it

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-28 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Mark, On Friday 26 November 2010 15:14:42 Mark Brown wrote: On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 03:13:36PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Thursday 25 November 2010 16:49:52 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 04:40:41PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: It's supposed to reflect whether the

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-28 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Sunday, November 28, 2010 13:34:45 Laurent Pinchart wrote: Hi Mark, On Friday 26 November 2010 15:14:42 Mark Brown wrote: On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 03:13:36PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Thursday 25 November 2010 16:49:52 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 04:40:41PM

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-26 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Mark, On Thursday 25 November 2010 16:49:52 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 04:40:41PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Thursday 25 November 2010 14:36:50 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 03:28:10AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: + MEDIA_LINK_FLAG_ACTIVE

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-26 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 03:13:36PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: On Thursday 25 November 2010 16:49:52 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 04:40:41PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: It's supposed to reflect whether the link can carry data. Think of the active flag as a valve on a

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-25 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 03:28:10AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: +Links have flags that describe the link capabilities and state. + MEDIA_LINK_FLAG_ACTIVE indicates that the link is active and can be + used to transfer media data. When two or more links target a sink pad, + only

Re: [RFC/PATCH v6 03/12] media: Entities, pads and links

2010-11-25 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Mark, On Thursday 25 November 2010 14:36:50 Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 03:28:10AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: +Links have flags that describe the link capabilities and state. + MEDIA_LINK_FLAG_ACTIVE indicates that the link is active and can be + used to