linux/drivers/media/Kconfig
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 6cea28d01e Kconfig: disable Media Controller for DVB
Since when we start discussions about the usage Media Controller for
complex hardware, one thing become clear: the way it is, MC fails to
map anything different than capture/output/m2m video-only streaming.

The point is that MC has entities named as devnodes, but the only
devnode used (before the DVB patches) is MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE_V4L.
Due to the way MC got implemented, however, this entity actually
doesn't represent the devnode, but the hardware I/O engine that
receives data via DMA.

By coincidence, such DMA is associated with the V4L device node
on webcam hardware, but this is not true even for other V4L2
devices. For example, on USB hardware, the DMA is done via the
USB controller. The data passes though a in-kernel filter that
strips off the URB headers. Other V4L2 devices like radio may not
even have DMA. When it have, the DMA is done via ALSA, and not
via the V4L devnode.

In other words, MC is broken as a whole, but tagging it as BROKEN
right now would do more harm than good.

So, instead, let's mark, for now, the DVB part as broken and
block all new changes to MC while we fix this mess, whith
we hopefully will do for the next Kernel version.

Requested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-17 20:53:36 -10:00

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#
# Multimedia device configuration
#
menuconfig MEDIA_SUPPORT
tristate "Multimedia support"
depends on HAS_IOMEM
help
If you want to use Webcams, Video grabber devices and/or TV devices
enable this option and other options below.
Additional info and docs are available on the web at
<http://linuxtv.org>
if MEDIA_SUPPORT
comment "Multimedia core support"
#
# Multimedia support - automatically enable V4L2 and DVB core
#
config MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT
bool "Cameras/video grabbers support"
---help---
Enable support for webcams and video grabbers.
Say Y when you have a webcam or a video capture grabber board.
config MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT
bool "Analog TV support"
---help---
Enable analog TV support.
Say Y when you have a TV board with analog support or with a
hybrid analog/digital TV chipset.
Note: There are several DVB cards that are based on chips that
support both analog and digital TV. Disabling this option
will disable support for them.
config MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT
bool "Digital TV support"
---help---
Enable digital TV support.
Say Y when you have a board with digital support or a board with
hybrid digital TV and analog TV.
config MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT
bool "AM/FM radio receivers/transmitters support"
---help---
Enable AM/FM radio support.
Additional info and docs are available on the web at
<http://linuxtv.org>
Say Y when you have a board with radio support.
Note: There are several TV cards that are based on chips that
support radio reception. Disabling this option will
disable support for them.
config MEDIA_SDR_SUPPORT
bool "Software defined radio support"
---help---
Enable software defined radio support.
Say Y when you have a software defined radio device.
config MEDIA_RC_SUPPORT
bool "Remote Controller support"
depends on INPUT
---help---
Enable support for Remote Controllers on Linux. This is
needed in order to support several video capture adapters,
standalone IR receivers/transmitters, and RF receivers.
Enable this option if you have a video capture board even
if you don't need IR, as otherwise, you may not be able to
compile the driver for your adapter.
Say Y when you have a TV or an IR device.
#
# Media controller
# Selectable only for webcam/grabbers, as other drivers don't use it
#
config MEDIA_CONTROLLER
bool "Media Controller API"
depends on MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT || MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT
---help---
Enable the media controller API used to query media devices internal
topology and configure it dynamically.
This API is mostly used by camera interfaces in embedded platforms.
config MEDIA_CONTROLLER_DVB
bool "Enable Media controller for DVB"
depends on MEDIA_CONTROLLER
depends on BROKEN
---help---
Enable the media controller API support for DVB.
This is currently experimental.
#
# Video4Linux support
# Only enables if one of the V4L2 types (ATV, webcam, radio) is selected
#
config VIDEO_DEV
tristate
depends on MEDIA_SUPPORT
depends on MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT || MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT || MEDIA_SDR_SUPPORT
default y
config VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
bool "V4L2 sub-device userspace API"
depends on VIDEO_DEV && MEDIA_CONTROLLER
---help---
Enables the V4L2 sub-device pad-level userspace API used to configure
video format, size and frame rate between hardware blocks.
This API is mostly used by camera interfaces in embedded platforms.
source "drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig"
#
# DVB Core
# Only enables if one of DTV is selected
#
config DVB_CORE
tristate
depends on MEDIA_SUPPORT
depends on MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT
default y
select CRC32
config DVB_NET
bool "DVB Network Support"
default (NET && INET)
depends on NET && INET && DVB_CORE
help
This option enables DVB Network Support which is a part of the DVB
standard. It is used, for example, by automatic firmware updates used
on Set-Top-Boxes. It can also be used to access the Internet via the
DVB card, if the network provider supports it.
You may want to disable the network support on embedded devices. If
unsure say Y.
# This Kconfig option is used by both PCI and USB drivers
config TTPCI_EEPROM
tristate
depends on I2C
default n
source "drivers/media/dvb-core/Kconfig"
comment "Media drivers"
source "drivers/media/rc/Kconfig"
#
# V4L platform/mem2mem drivers
#
source "drivers/media/usb/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/pci/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/platform/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/mmc/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/radio/Kconfig"
comment "Supported FireWire (IEEE 1394) Adapters"
depends on DVB_CORE && FIREWIRE
source "drivers/media/firewire/Kconfig"
# Common driver options
source "drivers/media/common/Kconfig"
comment "Media ancillary drivers (tuners, sensors, i2c, frontends)"
#
# Ancillary drivers (tuners, i2c, frontends)
#
config MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT
bool "Autoselect ancillary drivers (tuners, sensors, i2c, frontends)"
depends on MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT || MEDIA_SDR_SUPPORT
depends on HAS_IOMEM
select I2C
select I2C_MUX
default y
help
By default, a media driver auto-selects all possible ancillary
devices such as tuners, sensors, video encoders/decoders and
frontends, that are used by any of the supported devices.
This is generally the right thing to do, except when there
are strict constraints with regards to the kernel size,
like on embedded systems.
Use this option with care, as deselecting ancillary drivers which
are, in fact, necessary will result in the lack of the needed
functionality for your device (it may not tune or may not have
the needed demodulators).
If unsure say Y.
config MEDIA_ATTACH
bool
depends on MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT || MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT
depends on MODULES
default MODULES
source "drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/tuners/Kconfig"
source "drivers/media/dvb-frontends/Kconfig"
endif # MEDIA_SUPPORT