Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/7] mfd: ds90ux9xx: add TI DS90Ux9xx de-/serializer MFD driver | From | Vladimir Zapolskiy <> | Date | Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:33:21 +0300 |
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Hi Kieran,
On 10/12/2018 02:47 PM, Kieran Bingham wrote: > Hi Vladimir, >
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> > Essentially they are multi purpose buses - which do not yet have a home. > We have used media as a home because of our use case. > > The use case whether they transfer frames from a camera or to a display > are of course closely related, but ultimately covered by two separate > subsystems at the pixel level (DRM vs V4L, or other for other data) > > Perhaps as they are buses - on a level with USB or I2C (except they can > of course carry I2C or Serial as well as 'bi-directional video' etc ), > they are looking for their own subsystem. > > Except I don't think we don't want to add a new subsystem for just one > (or two) devices... >
I suppose that the incomplete list includes Maxim GMSL, TI FPD-Link III, SMSC/Microchip MOST (drivers/staging/most -- what's the destination after exiting staging?) an Inova APIX.
-- Best wishes, Vladimir
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