Hi André,
Thanks for working one this, very nice to have this documentation.
Some comments below:
On 6/13/19 5:06 PM, André Almeida wrote:
> Create vimc documentation file to explain it basics features, it's
> topology, how to configure it and to document vimc's subdevices.
>
> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealm...@collabora.com>
> Suggested-by: Helen Koike <helen.ko...@collabora.com>
> ---
> Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.dot | 22 +++++
> Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.rst | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.dot
> create mode 100644 Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst
> b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst
> index 33a055907258..c4c78a28654c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst
> @@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ For more details see the file COPYING in the source
> distribution of Linux.
> si476x
> soc-camera
> uvcvideo
> + vimc
> vivid
> zr364xx
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.dot
> b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.dot
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..57863a13fa39
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.dot
> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +digraph board {
> + rankdir=TB
> + n00000001 [label="{{} | Sensor A\n/dev/v4l-subdev0 | {<port0> 0}}",
> shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> + n00000001:port0 -> n00000005:port0 [style=bold]
> + n00000001:port0 -> n0000000b [style=bold]
> + n00000003 [label="{{} | Sensor B\n/dev/v4l-subdev1 | {<port0> 0}}",
> shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> + n00000003:port0 -> n00000008:port0 [style=bold]
> + n00000003:port0 -> n0000000f [style=bold]
> + n00000005 [label="{{<port0> 0} | Debayer A\n/dev/v4l-subdev2 | {<port1>
> 1}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> + n00000005:port1 -> n00000017:port0
> + n00000008 [label="{{<port0> 0} | Debayer B\n/dev/v4l-subdev3 | {<port1>
> 1}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> + n00000008:port1 -> n00000017:port0 [style=dashed]
> + n0000000b [label="Raw Capture 0\n/dev/video0", shape=box, style=filled,
> fillcolor=yellow]
> + n0000000f [label="Raw Capture 1\n/dev/video1", shape=box, style=filled,
> fillcolor=yellow]
> + n00000013 [label="RGB/YUV Input\n/dev/video2", shape=box, style=filled,
> fillcolor=yellow]
> + n00000013 -> n00000017:port0 [style=dashed]
> + n00000017 [label="{{<port0> 0} | Scaler\n/dev/v4l-subdev4 | {<port1>
> 1}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> + n00000017:port1 -> n0000001a [style=bold]
> + n0000001a [label="RGB/YUV Capture\n/dev/video3", shape=box,
> style=filled, fillcolor=yellow]
> +}
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.rst
> b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..bd98c55a0025
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/vimc.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +The Virtual Media Controller Driver (vimc)
> +==========================================
> +
> +The Vimc driver emulates the V4L2 API and the Media API as well. Its goal is
> to
Vimc -> vimc
It doesn't emulate these APIs, it emulates complex video hardware using these
APIs.
> +emulate complex devices and topologies. In the actual state, it has a capture
Drop 'In the actual state, '.
> +device and three subdevices: sensor, debayer and scaler.
> +
> +Topology
> +--------
> +
> +The topology is hardcoded, although you could modify it on vimc-core and
on -> in
> +recompile the driver to achieve your own topology. This is the default
> topology:
> +
> +.. _vimc_topology_graph:
> +
> +.. kernel-figure:: vimc.dot
> + :alt: vimc.dot
> + :align: center
> +
> + Media pipeline graph on Vimc
> +
> +Configuring the topology
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Each subdevice will come with its default configuration (pixelformat, height,
> +width, ...). One needs to configure the topology in order to match the
> +configuration on each linked subdevice to stream frames through the pipeline.
> +If the configuration doesn't match, the stream will fail. The ``v4l2-utils``
> +is a bundle of user-space applications, that comes with ``media-ctl`` and
> +``v4l2-clt`` that can be used in combination to configure. This sequence of
v4l2-clt -> v4l2-ctl
in combination to configure -> to configure the vimc configuration.
> +commands fits for the default topology:
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> + media-ctl -d platform:vimc -V '"Sensor A":0[fmt:SBGGR8_1X8/640x480]'
> + media-ctl -d platform:vimc -V '"Debayer A":0[fmt:SBGGR8_1X8/640x480]'
> + media-ctl -d platform:vimc -V '"Sensor B":0[fmt:SBGGR8_1X8/640x480]'
> + media-ctl -d platform:vimc -V '"Debayer B":0[fmt:SBGGR8_1X8/640x480]'
> + v4l2-ctl -z platform:vimc -d "RGB/YUV Capture" -v
> width=1920,height=1440
> + v4l2-ctl -z platform:vimc -d "Raw Capture 0" -v pixelformat=BA81
> + v4l2-ctl -z platform:vimc -d "Raw Capture 1" -v pixelformat=BA81
> +
> +Subdevices
> +----------
> +
> +Subdevices define the behavior of an entity in the topology. Depending on the
> +subdevice, the entity can have multiple pads of type source or sink.
> +
> +vimc-sensor:
> + Generates images in several formats using video test pattern generator.
> + Exposes:
> +
> + * 1 Pad source
> +
> +vimc-debayer:
> + Transforms images in bayer format into a non-bayer format.
> + Exposes:
> +
> + * 1 Pad sink
> + * 1 Pad source
> +
> +vimc-scaler:
> + Multiplies the size of the image by 9 (this value can be configured,
> + see at `Modules options`_).
It's a bit ambiguous: I assume you mean that the images is scaled up by a
factor of 3? So 640x480 becomes 1920x1440?
> + Exposes:
> +
> + * 1 Pad sink
> + * 1 Pad source
> +
> +vimc-capture:
> + Exposes node /dev/videoX to allow userspace to capture the stream.
> + Exposes:
> +
> + * 1 Pad sink
> + * 1 Pad source
> +
> +Modules options
Modules -> Module
> +---------------
> +
> +Vimc has a few module parameters to configure the driver. You should pass
> +those arguments to each subdevice, not for the Vimc module. For example::
for the -> to the
> +
> + vimc_subvice.param=value
subvice -> subdevice
> +
> +* ``vimc_scaler.sca_mult=<unsigned int>``
> +
> + Image size multiplier factor to be used to multiply both width and
> + height, so the image size will be ``sca_mult^2`` bigger than the
> + original one. Currently, only supports scaling up (the default value
> + is 3).
> +
> +* ``vimc_debayer.deb_mean_win_size=<unsigned int>``
> +
> + Window size to calculate the mean. Note: the window size needs to be
> an
> + odd number, as the main pixel stays in the center of the window,
> + otherwise the next odd number is considered (the default value is 3).
>
Regards,
Hans
