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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/8] v4l2: document the request API interface
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On 01/25/2018 10:02 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Document how the request API can be used along with the existing V4L2
> interface.
> 

> +Request API
> +===========
> +
> +The Request API has been designed to allow V4L2 to deal with requirements of
> +modern IPs (stateless codecs, MIPI cameras, ...) and APIs (Android Codec v2).

Hi,
Just a quick question:  What are IPs?

Not Internet Protocols. Hopefully not Intellectual Properties.
Maybe Intelligent Processors?

thanks,
-- 
~Randy