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    "date": "2026-02-04T15:40:14",
    "name": "[RFC,0/1] camera_sensor: Ensure we check all camera sensor factories",
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        "From": "Isaac Scott <isaac.scott@ideasonboard.com>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Cc": "Isaac Scott <isaac.scott@ideasonboard.com>",
        "Subject": "[RFC PATCH 0/1] camera_sensor: Ensure we check all camera sensor\n\tfactories ",
        "Date": "Wed,  4 Feb 2026 15:40:14 +0000",
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    "content": "Hi All,\n\nWhen working on making a CameraSensor class to represent non-RAW\ncameras, I found what I believe is a bug with registering new camera\nsensors. When CameraSensorFactory::create() iterates over the camera\nsensor factories available to it, it will fail and return nullptr if the\nfirst one it tries fails.\n\nI've marked this as RFC because I wanted to ask whether this is\nintentional? If it isn't this patch removes the early return and tries\nto match other camera sensor factories if the first one fails.\n\nIsaac Scott (1):\n  camera_sensor: Ensure we try multiple camera sensor factories\n\n src/libcamera/sensor/camera_sensor.cpp | 4 +---\n 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)"
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