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Date:   Sun, 1 Sep 2019 19:24:57 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/5] media: v4l2-ctrl: Document V4L2_CID_LOCATION
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Hi!

> >>>>> @@ -510,6 +510,29 @@ enum v4l2_scene_mode -
> >>>>>      value down. A value of zero stops the motion if one is in progress
> >>>>>      and has no effect otherwise.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +``V4L2_CID_LOCATION (integer)``
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_LOCATION ? Same for the values below.
> >>>
> >>> Probably a better name, if a bit long. But we might need other location
> >>> controls in the future (e.g. flash location), so CID_LOCATION is just too
> >>> generic.
> >>
> > 
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> > 
> >> Note that the location defines themselves can most likely be used with any
> >> LOCATION control, so V4L2_LOCATION_FRONT would be fine with any control.
> >>
> > 
> > What do you think instead of the control type? Would a single integer
> > control do or an integer menu one would be better? I see merit in both
> > proposals actually...
> 
> Single integer. It's read-only, so it just reports the location.
> 
> It would be different if this was a writable control: then you need to
> know which locations are possible to set, and that requires a menu type.
> 
> But it doesn't make sense to set the location from software. However, the
> location might change as a result of other changes: e.g. if the camera
> has motor control of the tilt and the tilt changes from forward facing to
> downward facing, then the driver might change the location from FRONT
> to DOWN. A convoluted example perhaps, but this is just brainstorming.

There are phones with exactly such camera setup. And yes, it makes sense to be writable
in that case, as software can move the camera in such case.

										Pavel