Re: [PATCH 01/15] [media] Move mediabus format definition to a more standard place

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Wed Nov 05 2014 - 10:32:29 EST


On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 17:00:25 +0200
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 12:09:59PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > Well, I gave two alternatives :-)
> >
> > Both are fine as far as I am concerned, but it would be nice to hear
> > what others think.
>
> In fact I think both are good options. :-)
>
> I'd perhaps lean towards the latter, for it has the benefit of pushing to
> use the new definitions and the old ones can be deprecated (and eventually
> removed in year 2030 or so ;)).
>
> Either way, preprocessor macros should be used instead of an enum since that
> way it's possible to figure out at that phase whether something is defined
> or not. There is for enums, too, but it results in a compilation error...
>

I don't get that last part :-).

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