Re: [PATCH] media: i2c: imx219: Implement .get_frame_desc()

Hi Yemike,

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 21:12, Yemike Abhilash Chandra <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Mattijs,
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> On 13/08/26 20:41, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote:
>> From: Vaishnav Achath <[email protected]>
>> 
>> The next subdev in the media graph may want to enquire information such
>> as bus format, virtual channel, bus data type to route the stream from
>> this sensor correctly.
>> 
>> Add support for sharing this information using the .get_frame_desc()
>> callback.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vaishnav Achath <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Jai Luthra <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Yemike Abhilash Chandra <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <[email protected]>
>> ---
>
> FYI, similar variant of this is already posted by Tomi recently [1].

Oh, I completely missed this. I did search on lore, but not good enough,
apparently.
Thanks for the pointer.

I'm happy to drop my patch then.

>
> On that patch, quoting Sakari [2]:
>
> "I've been recently working on
> <URL:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/[email protected]/>.
> In other words, drivers that have a single stream don't need this. We could
> probably extend that further by making use of the routing information but I
> think that should be left for later."
>
> I don't really know the status of that series. I will let Sakari to comment.

Thanks, I'll have a look!

>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Yemike Abhilash Chandra
>
>
> [1]: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/#t
>
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