Hi! > > I'm skeptical about adding now a property for a device that we don't > > support, because we -now- think it's a good idea. I might be wrong, > > but my assumption is that when someone will want to support an > > 'advanced' device, it's easy to add "movable" or whatever else to the > > list of accepted properties values. Am I wrong in assuming this? As > > long as "front" "back" and "external" will stay supported for backward > > DTB compatibility it should be fine, right ? > > The basic rule is that you should not define things unless you KNOW that > they will be needed. So when we actually see new devices for which > "front", "back" or "external" does not fit, then new names can be > created.
> It's impossible to cover all situations since we can't predict the future.
> The best we can do is to allow for future extensions.
Those devices are already being sold, and yes, they are running linux
(with some patches probably).
I believe it would be better to specify "this camera is selfie --
takes pictures of the user" vs. "this is main camera -- takes pictures
of what user is looking at".
Best regards,
Pavel
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