Re: [PATCH v9 4/4] [media] cxusb: add raw mode support for Medion MD95700

From: Maciej S. Szmigiero
Date: Mon Apr 15 2019 - 19:41:34 EST


On 12.04.2019 11:27, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 3/30/19 12:51 AM, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
>> This adds raw (unprocessed) BT.656 stream capturing support for the analog
>> part of Medion 95700.
>> It can be enabled by setting CXUSB_EXTENDEDMODE_CAPTURE_RAW flag in
>> parm.capture.extendedmode passed to VIDIOC_S_PARM.
>
> What is the point of this feature? I think this should just be dropped.

It simply provides an ability to capture a raw BT.656 stream as received
by the driver from the device.
This functionality is very useful for both debugging and for developing
the driver features.

Since I have to prepare this part anyway to make sure it's not broken by
some newly introduced change I am posting this, too.

> Regards,
>
> Hans
>

Thanks and best regards,
Maciej