Re: [PATCH v3 16/24] media: Add i.MX media core driver

[Steve Longerbeam]

On 01/23/2017 05:38 PM, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
> > > Second, ignoring the above locking issue for a moment,
> > > v4l2_pipeline_pm_use()
> > > will call s_power on the sensor _first_, then the mipi csi-2 s_power,
> > > when executing
> > > media-ctl -l '"ov5640 1-003c":0 -> "imx6-mipi-csi2":0[1]'. Which is the
> > > wrong order.
> > > In my version which enforces the correct power on order, the mipi csi-2
> > > s_power
> > > is called first in that link setup, followed by the sensor.
> > I don't understand why you want to power up subdevs as soon as the links
> > are established.
>
> Because that is the precedence, all other media drivers do pipeline
> power on/off at link_notify. And v4l2_pipeline_link_notify() was written
> as a link_notify method.
>
> >   Shouldn't that rather be done for all subdevices in the
> > pipeline when the corresponding capture device is opened?
>
> that won't work. There's no guarantee the links will be established
> at capture device open time.

ugh, maybe v4l2_pipeline_pm_use() would work at open/release. If there are
no links yet, it would basically be a no-op. And stream on requires 
opening the
device, and the pipeline links should be established by then, so this 
might be
fine, looking into this too.

Steve

> > It seems to me that powering up the pipeline should be the last step
> > before userspace actually starts the capture.
>
> Well, I'm ok with moving pipeline power on/off to start/stop streaming.
> I would actually prefer to do it then, I only chose at link_notify 
> because
> of precedence. I'll look into it.