Re: [PATCH v5 18/39] [media] v4l: subdev: Add function to validate frame interval

[Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>]

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 12:31:24PM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/11/2017 05:41 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> >Hi Steve,
> >
> >On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 08:52:58PM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> >>If the pads on both sides of a link specify a frame interval, then
> >>those frame intervals should match. Create the exported function
> >>v4l2_subdev_link_validate_frame_interval() to verify this. This
> >>function can be called in a subdevice's media_entity_operations
> >>or v4l2_subdev_pad_ops link_validate callbacks.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Steve Longerbeam <steve_longerbeam@mentor.com>
> >
> >If your only goal is to configure frame dropping on a sub-device, I suggest
> >to implement s_frame_interval() on the pads of that sub-device only. The
> >frames are then dropped according to the configured frame rates between the
> >sink and source pads. Say, configuring sink for 1/30 s and source 1/15 would
> >drop half of the incoming frames.
> >
> >Considering that supporting specific frame interval on most sub-devices adds
> >no value or is not the interface through which it the frame rate configured,
> >I think it is overkill to change the link validation to expect otherwise.
> 
> 
> Well, while I think this function might still have validity in the future, I
> do agree with you that a subdev that has no control over
> frame rate has no business implementing the get|set ops.
> 
> In the imx-media subdevs, the only one that can affect frame rate (via
> frame skipping) is the CSI. So I'll go ahead and remove the
> [gs]_frame_interval ops from the others. I can remove this patch as
> a result.

Agreed.

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Sakari Ailus
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