Re: [PATCH RESEND v7 2/2] Add support for OV5647 sensor.

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 05:04:00 EST


Hi Ramiro,

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 09:56:12AM +0000, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Sakari
>
> On 2/7/2017 5:31 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi Ramiro,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 11:38:28AM +0000, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> > ...
> >>>> + ret = ov5647_write_array(sd, ov5647_640x480,
> >>>> + ARRAY_SIZE(ov5647_640x480));
> >>>> + if (ret < 0) {
> >>>> + dev_err(&client->dev, "write sensor_default_regs error\n");
> >>>> + return ret;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + ov5647_set_virtual_channel(sd, 0);
> >>>> +
> >>>> + ov5647_read(sd, 0x0100, &resetval);
> >>>> + if (!(resetval & 0x01)) {
> >>>
> >>> Can this ever happen? Streaming start is at the end of the register list.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I'm not sure it can happen. It was just a safeguard, but I can remove it if you
> >> think it's not necessary
> >
> > You're not reading back the other registers either, albeit I'd check that
> > the I2C accesses actually succeed. Generally the return values are ignored.
> >
>
> So you're recommending I perform a random I2C access after power on to check the
> system, and discard the read value? Or just drop this piece of code entirely?
>

I'm not. What I'm saying that you're mostly not checking whether I2C
accesses succeed or not.

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus
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