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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Cc: "Rob Herring" <robh@kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Ivaylo Dimitrov" <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>,
	"Sebastian Reichel" <sre@kernel.org>,
	"Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>,
	"linux-media@vger.kernel.org" <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Kumar Gala" <galak@codeaurora.org>,
	"Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Steve Longerbeam" <slongerbeam@gmail.com>,
	p.zabel@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devicetree: Add video bus switch
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 09:54:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170302085456.GA27818@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170213102034.GI16975@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk>

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On Mon 2017-02-13 12:20:35, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:54:20AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > > Take a look at the wikipedia. If you do "one at a time" at 100Hz, you
> > > > can claim it is time-domain multiplex. But we are plain switching the
> > > > cameras. It takes second (or so) to setup the pipeline.
> > > > 
> > > > This is not multiplex.
> > > 
> > > The functionality is still the same, isn't it? Does it change what it is if
> > > the frequency might be 100 Hz or 0,01 Hz?
> > 
> > Well. In your living your you can have a switch, which is switch at
> > much less than 0.01Hz. You can also have a dimmer, which is a PWM,
> > which is switch at 100Hz or so. So yes, I'd say switch and mux are
> > different things.
> 
> Light switches are mostly on/off switches. It'd be interesting to have a
> light switch that you could use to light either of the light bulbs in a room
> but not to switch both of them on at the same time. Or off... :-)
> 
> I wonder if everyone would be happy with a statement saying that it's a
> on / on switch which is used to implement a multiplexer?

I believe the difference is the timescale. If it switches "slow" it is
a switch. If it switches fast, it is a dimmer, mux, or something....

Anyway, someone else was faster, so they get to name their creation...

									Pavel

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-03-02  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-23 20:03 [PATCH v4] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor Pavel Machek
2016-10-23 20:19 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-10-23 20:33   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-31 22:54     ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-01  6:36       ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-11-01 20:11         ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-01 22:14           ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-11-02  8:15         ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-02  8:16           ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-11-01 15:39       ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-01 20:08         ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-03  8:14           ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-03 22:48       ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-03 23:05         ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-03 23:40           ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-11-04  0:05           ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-14 21:58             ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-15  0:53               ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-15 10:54         ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-15 22:55           ` Sakari Ailus
2016-10-23 20:40   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-31 22:58     ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-02  0:45       ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-10-23 20:47   ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-13 21:05   ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-18 21:56     ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-19 23:29 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-11-20 10:02   ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-20 15:20   ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-20 15:21   ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-20 15:31   ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-14 12:24   ` [PATCH v5] " Pavel Machek
2016-12-14 13:03     ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-14 15:52       ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-12-14 20:12       ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-14 22:07         ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-14 22:35           ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-18 22:01         ` Sakari Ailus
2016-12-20 12:37           ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-20 14:01             ` Sakari Ailus
2016-12-20 22:42               ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-21 13:42     ` Sakari Ailus
2016-12-21 22:42       ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-21 23:29         ` Sakari Ailus
2016-12-22  9:34           ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-22 10:01     ` [PATCH v6] " Pavel Machek
2016-12-22 13:39       ` [RFC/PATCH] media: Add video bus switch Pavel Machek
2016-12-22 14:32         ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-12-22 20:53           ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-22 23:11             ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-12-22 22:42           ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-22 23:40             ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-12-23 11:42               ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-23 18:53                 ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-12-23 20:56               ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 14:26               ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 14:43                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 15:20         ` [PATCH] " Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 18:35           ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-12 11:17           ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-03 22:25             ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-05 22:16               ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-05 22:44                 ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-03 12:35           ` [PATCH] devicetree: " Pavel Machek
2017-02-03 13:07             ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-03 21:06               ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-03 21:34                 ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-04 21:56                   ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-04 22:33                     ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-05 21:12                       ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-05 23:40                         ` Sebastian Reichel
2017-02-06  9:37                           ` [PATCH] media: add operation to get configuration of "the other side" of the link Pavel Machek
2017-12-19 15:43                             ` Sakari Ailus
2017-12-20 17:54                     ` [PATCH] devicetree: Add video bus switch Laurent Pinchart
2017-12-21  9:05                       ` Sakari Ailus
2017-12-21 16:36                       ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2017-12-22  9:24                       ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-03 13:32             ` Pali Rohár
2017-02-03 21:07               ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-04  1:04                 ` Sebastian Reichel
2017-02-08 21:36             ` Rob Herring
2017-02-08 22:30               ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-09 23:02                 ` Rob Herring
2017-02-09 23:03                   ` Rob Herring
2017-02-10 19:54                     ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-10 22:17                       ` Sakari Ailus
2017-02-13  9:54                         ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-13 10:20                           ` Sakari Ailus
2017-03-02  8:54                             ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2017-02-08 22:34               ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-09 22:58                 ` Rob Herring
2017-02-10 21:17                   ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-27  9:26       ` [PATCH v6] media: Driver for Toshiba et8ek8 5MP sensor Sakari Ailus
2016-12-27 20:45         ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-27 20:59           ` [PATCH] mark myself as mainainer for camera on N900 Pavel Machek
2016-12-27 23:57             ` Sebastian Reichel
2017-01-25 13:48               ` Sakari Ailus

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