Mayank,
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mayank Agarwal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Mayank Agarwal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 1.I think the device supports i2c or spi protocol.I want to know how the >> i2c or spi is taking data >> from image sensor and giving it to video buffers. >> Most of the cameras support i2c or csi. >> > > 2.I want to understand the whole data flow from image sensor to the >> display buffer and the role of linux kernel >> camera drivers in that. >> For this you need to understand the V4L2 Framework, Or later Media >> Controller Framework. >> > > 3.Currently i am looking at Sony IMX036,Aptima MT9P031. > > You can find in directory <source>/drivers/media/video/ MT9p031 support is there in current kernel but no idea about imx036. Regards, ---Prabhakar Lad Mob: +91-9611756433 http://in.linkedin.com/pub/prabhakar-lad/19/92b/955 >> Thanks and Regards, >> Mayank >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:57:52PM +0530, Mayank Agarwal wrote: >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > I have following questions regarding camera drivers in linux kernel. >>> > >>> > 1.which are the files/folder in kernel directory where camera drivers >>> support >>> > is provided in linux kernel. >>> >>> It depends, which type of protocol does your device support? >>> >>> > 2.Are they customisable according to different SOC requirements. >>> >>> It depends on what the requirements are. As it's software, it's always >>> able to be changed :) >>> >>> > 3.Are there any tutorials/pdfs to understand camera drivers in linux >>> kernel. >>> >>> What is wrong with the code itself? >>> >>> > 4.At present which sensor (i mean aptina/sony/omnivision) drivers are >>> supported >>> > in linux kernel. >>> >>> What sensor are you looking for exactly? >>> >>> What device do you need to support, and what protocol does your camera >>> use to talk to the hardware? >>> >>> greg k-h >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > >
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