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

From: Ramiro Oliveira
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 05:13:29 EST


Hi Sakari

On 2/9/2017 10:02 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> 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.
>


I think I'm understanding what you're saying now. You want me to check more
often the return value from write/read functions?

That makes sense. I'll add more checks to the code

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Best Regards

Ramiro Oliveira
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