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    "msgid": "<20201223184516.58791-1-jacopo@jmondi.org>",
    "date": "2020-12-23T18:45:11",
    "name": "[libcamera-devel,0/5] libcamera: Register CameraSensor controls",
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        "From": "Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Date": "Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:45:11 +0100",
        "Message-Id": "<20201223184516.58791-1-jacopo@jmondi.org>",
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        "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 0/5] libcamera: Register CameraSensor\n\tcontrols",
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    "content": "While preparing for supporting the sensor database, the CameraSensor class\nneeded a bit of rework.\n\nThis series:\n- Collect all sensor driver requirements in one function and makes error and\n  defaulted properties value more verbose.\n\n  I expect some platform to break after this change as their sensor drivers\n  are not instrumented to report all the information required by libcamera.\n\n  Question is: how high should we set the bar ? Personally, I think if we start\n  low, we'll never be able to raise it again, so better be strict and change\n  our mind as we go\n\n- Renames CameraSensor::controls() in CameraSensor::subdevControls()\n- Calculate the sensor exposure time limits as the first libcamera control\n  registered by the class\n- Expand the IPU3 pipeline handler to register the CameraSensor class provided\n  controls as Camera::controls()\n\n\nOn IPU3 Soraka device and ov13858 sensor:\n\nBefore this series:\n\nlocalhost ~ # cam -c1 --list-controls\nControl: Exposure: [4..3206]\t\t\t/--------\nControl: Analogue Gain: [0..8191]\t\t\t|\nControl: Test Pattern: [0..4]\t\t\t\t|\nControl: Link Frequency: [0..1]\t\t\t  These are all V4L2\nControl: Horizontal Blanking: [264..264]\t  controls which should not\nControl: Vertical Blanking: [78..29631]\t\t  be reported by the Camera\nControl: Pixel Rate: [216000000..432000000]\t\t|\nControl: Digital Gain: [0..16384]\t\t/-------|\nControl: PipelineDepth: [2..3]\n\nAfter this series:\n\nlocalhost ~ # cam -c1 --list-controls\nControl: ExposureTime: [41..66613]\nControl: PipelineDepth: [2..3]\n\nThanks\n   j\n\nJacopo Mondi (5):\n  libcamera: camera_sensor: Validate driver support\n  libcamera: camera_sensor: Initialize controls\n  libcamera: camera_sensor: Rename controls() method\n  libcamera: camera_sensor: Add controls() method\n  libcamera: ipu3: Register sensor controls\n\n include/libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h |   6 +-\n src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp            | 158 +++++++++++++++++++--\n src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp       |   7 +-\n src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp   |   2 +-\n src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp       |   4 +-\n 5 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)\n\n--\n2.29.2"
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