linux camera drivers

[Prabhakar Lad]

Mayank,


On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mayank Agarwal
<mayank77fromindia at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>> Most of the cameras support i2c or csi.
>>
>

> 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.
>> For this you need to understand the V4L2 Framework, Or later Media
>> Controller Framework.
>>
>

> 3.Currently i am looking at Sony IMX036,Aptima MT9P031.
>
>           You can find in directory <source>/drivers/media/video/
           MT9p031 support is there in current kernel but no idea about
imx036.

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---Prabhakar Lad
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>> 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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