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@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ The sensor driver is assumed to be fully compliant with the V4L2 specification.
The sensor driver shall support the following V4L2 controls:
+* `V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE`_
* `V4L2_CID_HBLANK`_
* `V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`_
+.. _V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.html
.. _V4L2_CID_HBLANK: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-source.html
.. _V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-process.html
-Both controls are used to compute the sensor output timings.
+While V4L2 doesn't specify a unit for the `EXPOSURE` control, libcamera requires
+it to be expressed as a number of image lines. Camera sensor drivers that do not
+comply with this requirement will need to be adapted or will produce incorrect
+results.
+
+The `HBLANK` and `PIXEL_RATE` controls are used to compute the sensor output
+timings.
Optional Requirements
---------------------