linux camera drivers

[Mayank Agarwal]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Mayank Agarwal <mayank77fromindia at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 1.I think the device supports i2c or spi protocol.I want to know how the
> i2c or spi is taking data
>  from image sensor and giving it to video buffers.
>
> 2.I want to understand the whole data flow from image sensor to the
> display buffer and the role of linux kernel
> camera drivers in that.
>
> 3.Currently i am looking at Sony IMX036,Aptima MT9P031.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Mayank
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:57:52PM +0530, Mayank Agarwal wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have following questions regarding camera drivers in  linux kernel.
>> >
>> > 1.which are the files/folder in kernel directory where camera drivers
>> support
>> > is provided in linux kernel.
>>
>> It depends, which type of protocol does your device support?
>>
>> > 2.Are they customisable according to different SOC requirements.
>>
>> It depends on what the requirements are.  As it's software, it's always
>> able to be changed :)
>>
>> > 3.Are there any tutorials/pdfs to understand camera drivers in linux
>> kernel.
>>
>> What is wrong with the code itself?
>>
>> > 4.At present which sensor (i mean aptina/sony/omnivision) drivers are
>> supported
>> > in linux kernel.
>>
>> What sensor are you looking for exactly?
>>
>> What device do you need to support, and what protocol does your camera
>> use to talk to the hardware?
>>
>> greg k-h
>>
>
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