RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav
> -Original Message-
> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:34 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
>
> Hello Vaibhav,
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav 
> wrote:
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:44 PM
> >> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> >> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> >> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
> R;
> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> >> under V4L2 framework
> >>
> >> Hello, Vaibhav,
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav
> 
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> -Original Message-
> >> >> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:16 PM
> >> >> To: 'Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim'
> >> >> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> Rodriguez,
> >> >> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> >> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav,
> Brijesh
> >> R;
> >> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> >> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver
> support
> >> >> under V4L2 framework
> >> >>
> >> >> > -Original Message-
> >> >> > From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> >> >> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
> >> >> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> >> >> > Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> >> Rodriguez,
> >> >> > Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> >> >> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav,
> >> Brijesh
> >> >> R;
> >> >> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar,
> Purushotam
> >> >> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver
> support
> >> >> > under V4L2 framework
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello Vaibhav,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from
> >> S3C6410)
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>
> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
> >> >> > 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
> >> >> >
> >> >> > That SoC is from my company but not from the same division
> of
> >> >> mine.
> >> >> > Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from
> >> chip
> >> >> > delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so
> >> challenging
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > want better generic driver :-)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your
> >> >> opinion.
> >> >> > In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature
> in
> >> >> > S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
> >> >> >
> >> >> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,
> >> >>
> >> >> I went through the document and below are some observations
> and
> >> >> questions I have -
> >> >>
> >> >>   - If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing
> >> application
> >> >> needs to configure specific to hardware. All the parameters
> >> >> supported through "v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and
> >> >> another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE except the parameter "offset"
> (If
> >> >> driver is supporting it)
> >> >>
> >>
> >> I'm n

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim
Hello Vaibhav,


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav  wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:44 PM
>> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
>> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
>> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
>> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> under V4L2 framework
>>
>> Hello, Vaibhav,
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> -Original Message-
>> >> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:16 PM
>> >> To: 'Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim'
>> >> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
>> >> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
>> R;
>> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> >> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> >> under V4L2 framework
>> >>
>> >> > -Original Message-
>> >> > From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
>> >> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
>> >> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
>> >> > Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
>> Rodriguez,
>> >> > Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> >> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav,
>> Brijesh
>> >> R;
>> >> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> >> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> >> > under V4L2 framework
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello Vaibhav,
>> >> >
>> >> > This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from
>> S3C6410)
>> >> >
>> >>
>> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
>> >> > 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
>> >> >
>> >> > That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of
>> >> mine.
>> >> > Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from
>> chip
>> >> > delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so
>> challenging
>> >> > and
>> >> > want better generic driver :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your
>> >> opinion.
>> >> > In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
>> >> > S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
>> >> >
>> >> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,
>> >>
>> >> I went through the document and below are some observations and
>> >> questions I have -
>> >>
>> >>   - If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing
>> application
>> >> needs to configure specific to hardware. All the parameters
>> >> supported through "v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and
>> >> another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE except the parameter "offset" (If
>> >> driver is supporting it)
>> >>
>>
>> I'm not sure whether I'm following your question, but S3C64XX camera
>> interface is obviously simpler than OMAP. So there is no wonder that
>> user doesn't need to configure H/W specific things. And I don't get
>> the question about "offset" parameter. Can you explain me more
>> specifically?
>>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Please refer to the section 16.5.1 (Page no 532 (16-11)) 
> 16.7.11 and 16.7.16.
>
> You can specify offset from the input image to start, so that you can have 
> part of image for scaling.

Oh! sorry I made you get confused.
What I'm working on is not the TV scaler of S3C64XX but scaler and
rotator in camera interface.
Please take a look at "20-1 camera interface"
This scaler/rotator feature can be used in general purpose.


>
>>
>> >>   - I wanted to understand how are you configuring offset
>> >> register? How are you exporting it to user application?
>> >

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav
> -Original Message-
> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:44 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
>
> Hello, Vaibhav,
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav 
> wrote:
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:16 PM
> >> To: 'Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim'
> >> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> >> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
> R;
> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> >> under V4L2 framework
> >>
> >> > -Original Message-
> >> > From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> >> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
> >> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> >> > Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> Rodriguez,
> >> > Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> >> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav,
> Brijesh
> >> R;
> >> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> >> > under V4L2 framework
> >> >
> >> > Hello Vaibhav,
> >> >
> >> > This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from
> S3C6410)
> >> >
> >>
> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
> >> > 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
> >> >
> >> > That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of
> >> mine.
> >> > Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from
> chip
> >> > delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so
> challenging
> >> > and
> >> > want better generic driver :-)
> >> >
> >> > Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your
> >> opinion.
> >> > In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
> >> > S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
> >> >
> >> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,
> >>
> >> I went through the document and below are some observations and
> >> questions I have -
> >>
> >>   - If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing
> application
> >> needs to configure specific to hardware. All the parameters
> >> supported through "v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and
> >> another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE except the parameter "offset" (If
> >> driver is supporting it)
> >>
>
> I'm not sure whether I'm following your question, but S3C64XX camera
> interface is obviously simpler than OMAP. So there is no wonder that
> user doesn't need to configure H/W specific things. And I don't get
> the question about "offset" parameter. Can you explain me more
> specifically?
>
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Please refer to the section 16.5.1 (Page no 532 (16-11)) 
16.7.11 and 16.7.16.

You can specify offset from the input image to start, so that you can have part 
of image for scaling.

>
> >>   - I wanted to understand how are you configuring offset
> >> register? How are you exporting it to user application?
> >>
>
> Again, I don't get the point. Sorry.
>
> >> Rest everything we can handle in driver once input source and
> output
> >> destination format receives from application.
> >>
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Missed one point in last draft, about buffer
> handling. How are you handling buffers? Are you supporting both
> USER_POINTER and MMAP buffers?
> > What is the size of buffers, is that different for input and
> output?
> > If yes, then how are you managing it?
> >
> > If no, don't you see requirement for it?
>
> Sorry, my driver work is not that stage yet. It's just still in
> designing level, because of some special H/W 

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim
Hello, Vaibhav,


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav  wrote:
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:16 PM
>> To: 'Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim'
>> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
>> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
>> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> under V4L2 framework
>>
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
>> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
>> > Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
>> > Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
>> R;
>> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> > under V4L2 framework
>> >
>> > Hello Vaibhav,
>> >
>> > This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from S3C6410)
>> >
>> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
>> > 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
>> >
>> > That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of
>> mine.
>> > Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from chip
>> > delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so challenging
>> > and
>> > want better generic driver :-)
>> >
>> > Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your
>> opinion.
>> > In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
>> > S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
>> >
>> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,
>>
>> I went through the document and below are some observations and
>> questions I have -
>>
>>   - If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing application
>> needs to configure specific to hardware. All the parameters
>> supported through "v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and
>> another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE except the parameter "offset" (If
>> driver is supporting it)
>>

I'm not sure whether I'm following your question, but S3C64XX camera
interface is obviously simpler than OMAP. So there is no wonder that
user doesn't need to configure H/W specific things. And I don't get
the question about "offset" parameter. Can you explain me more
specifically?


>>   - I wanted to understand how are you configuring offset
>> register? How are you exporting it to user application?
>>

Again, I don't get the point. Sorry.

>> Rest everything we can handle in driver once input source and output
>> destination format receives from application.
>>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Missed one point in last draft, about buffer handling. 
> How are you handling buffers? Are you supporting both USER_POINTER and MMAP 
> buffers?
> What is the size of buffers, is that different for input and output?
> If yes, then how are you managing it?
>
> If no, don't you see requirement for it?

Sorry, my driver work is not that stage yet. It's just still in
designing level, because of some special H/W features (like MSDMA,
scaler and so) I'm totally stuck and can't go further.
But your buffer theory seems to make sense and I suppose that is
necessary if we have that kind of device.

>
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav
>
>> From OMAP Point of view -
>> ---
>>
>> The extra configuration is coefficients, which if we don't export to
>> user application then I think we are very close to your IP.
>>
>> Extra configuration required other than coeff.
>>
>> RSZ_YENH - which takes 4 params
>>
>>   - Algo
>>   - Gain
>>   - Slope
>>   - Core
>>
>> All are part of one register so we can make use of "priv" field for
>> this configuration.
>>

I get it. But S3C64XX is not that much configurable. As you see in
user manual, it's a quite simple device.
For now I'm still designing my driver, so I'll let you know if I face
those issues in my driver.
Cheers,

Nate

>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vaibhav Hiremath
>>
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Nate
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav

> -Original Message-
> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:16 PM
> To: 'Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim'
> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> > Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> > Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
> R;
> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> > under V4L2 framework
> >
> > Hello Vaibhav,
> >
> > This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from S3C6410)
> >
> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
> > 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
> >
> > That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of
> mine.
> > Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from chip
> > delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so challenging
> > and
> > want better generic driver :-)
> >
> > Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your
> opinion.
> > In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
> > S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
> >
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,
> 
> I went through the document and below are some observations and
> questions I have -
> 
>   - If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing application
> needs to configure specific to hardware. All the parameters
> supported through "v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and
> another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE except the parameter "offset" (If
> driver is supporting it)
> 
>   - I wanted to understand how are you configuring offset
> register? How are you exporting it to user application?
> 
> Rest everything we can handle in driver once input source and output
> destination format receives from application.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Missed one point in last draft, about buffer handling. How 
are you handling buffers? Are you supporting both USER_POINTER and MMAP buffers?
What is the size of buffers, is that different for input and output?
If yes, then how are you managing it?

If no, don't you see requirement for it?

Thanks,
Vaibhav

> From OMAP Point of view -
> ---
> 
> The extra configuration is coefficients, which if we don't export to
> user application then I think we are very close to your IP.
> 
> Extra configuration required other than coeff.
> 
> RSZ_YENH - which takes 4 params
> 
>   - Algo
>   - Gain
>   - Slope
>   - Core
> 
> All are part of one register so we can make use of "priv" field for
> this configuration.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav Hiremath
> 
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Nate
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav
> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Vaibhav Hiremath
> > >
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> > >> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dongsoo Kim
> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:06 PM
> > >> To: Hans Verkuil
> > >> Cc: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> > >> Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu);
> > linux-
> > >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav,
> Brijesh
> > R;
> > >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> > >> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> > >> under V4L2 framework
> > >>
> > >> Hello Hans and Hiremath,
> > >>
> > >> One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver
> > (even
> > >> though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
> > >> And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in
> > camera
> > >> interface.
> > >> Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-21 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav
> -Original Message-
> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> Hello Vaibhav,
> 
> This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from S3C6410)
> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
> 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
> 
> That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of mine.
> Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from chip
> delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so challenging
> and
> want better generic driver :-)
> 
> Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your opinion.
> In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
> S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hi Kim,

I went through the document and below are some observations and questions I 
have - 

- If I compare it with OMAP then there is nothing application needs to 
configure specific to hardware. All the parameters supported through 
"v4l2_format" one with TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT and another with TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE 
except the parameter "offset" (If driver is supporting it)

- I wanted to understand how are you configuring offset register? How 
are you exporting it to user application?

Rest everything we can handle in driver once input source and output 
destination format receives from application.

From OMAP Point of view - 
---

The extra configuration is coefficients, which if we don't export to user 
application then I think we are very close to your IP.

Extra configuration required other than coeff.

RSZ_YENH - which takes 4 params

- Algo
- Gain
- Slope
- Core

All are part of one register so we can make use of "priv" field for this 
configuration. 


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> Cheers,
> 
> Nate
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vaibhav Hiremath
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> >> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dongsoo Kim
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:06 PM
> >> To: Hans Verkuil
> >> Cc: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> >> Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu);
> linux-
> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
> R;
> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> >> under V4L2 framework
> >>
> >> Hello Hans and Hiremath,
> >>
> >> One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver
> (even
> >> though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
> >> And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in
> camera
> >> interface.
> >> Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in system wide like
> the
> >> one in Omap3.
> >>
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Can you share the spec for the same; I wanted
> to verify the configuration part of it? What all configuration is
> exported to the user?
> >
> >> But in case of mine, I decided to make it as a TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
> >> and
> >> TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT.
> >> I thought that is was enough. Actually I took omap video out
> (vout?)
> >> for reference :-)
> >
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] I have also implemented the driver is the same
> way and also working with Hans to get it reviewed. But there are
> some configuration like coeff., luma enhancement, etc... need to
> export to the user, where we need to add mechanism in V4L2
> framework.
> >
> > Since we have one more device where we are demanding for M-to-M
> operation, I think it is important to go through it. Can you share
> some documents of your IP for better understanding.
> >
> >
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Nate
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009. 04. 19, 오전 12:53, Hans Verkuil 작성:
> >>
> >> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> Vaibhav Hiremath
> >

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-20 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Monday 20 April 2009 12:31:53 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav Hiremath
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hans Verkuil [mailto:hverk...@xs4all.nl]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:24 PM
> > To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> > Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto;
> > DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> > o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> > R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> > under V4L2 framework
> >
> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> > > Thanks,
> > > Vaibhav Hiremath
> > >
> > > > > APPROACH 3 -
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > .
> > >
> > > It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly
> >
> > being
> >
> > > used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
> > > application.
> >
> > To be honest, I don't see the need for this. I think
> > TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and
> > TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT are perfectly fine.
>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Agreed, and you will also find implementation of
> driver aligned to this which I have shared with you.
>
> > > And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
> > > parameters.
> > >
> > > One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv"
> >
> > field
> >
> > > for custom configuration.
> >
> > I agree. Especially since you cannot use it as a pointer to addition
> > information.
> >
> > > I would prefer and recommend capability based
> > > interface, where application will query the capability of the
> >
> > device for
> >
> > > luma enhancement, filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth),
> > > interpolation type, etc...
> > >
> > > This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be
> >
> > adapted by
> >
> > > this framework.
> >
> > The big question is how many of these capabilities are 'generic' and
> > how
> > many are very much hardware specific. I am leaning towards using the
> > extended control API for this. It's a bit awkward to implement in
> > drivers
> > at the moment, but that should improve in the future when a lot of
> > the
> > control handling code will move into the new core framework.
> >
> > I really need to know more about the sort of features that
> > omap/davinci
> > offer (and preferably also for similar devices by other
> > manufacturers).
>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hans, Can we have IRC session for this? We will
> discuss this in detail and try to get closure on it.
>
> Again I would request you to join me and mauro on IRC chat, I will be
> staying online tomorrow.

No problem (assuming we don't have another major network outage as we had 
today at work). It would be helpful if you could mail a summary of the 
capabilities that are needed but are not yet in the API. Also note that I 
have to leave at 16:15 (UTC+2).

Magnus, does the SuperH also have resizing/previewer capabilities? And if 
so, is there a datasheet available with detailed information?

Regards,

Hans

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RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-20 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> -Original Message-
> From: Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim [mailto:dongsoo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:15 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: Hans Verkuil; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez,
> Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> Hello Vaibhav,
> 
> This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from S3C6410)
> http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C64
> 00X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf
> 
> That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of mine.
> Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from chip
> delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so challenging
> and
> want better generic driver :-)
> 
> Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your opinion.
> In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
> S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Thanks for the link, I will go though it and get back to 
you.

> Cheers,
> 
> Nate
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vaibhav Hiremath
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> >> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dongsoo Kim
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:06 PM
> >> To: Hans Verkuil
> >> Cc: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> >> Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu);
> linux-
> >> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh
> R;
> >> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> >> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> >> under V4L2 framework
> >>
> >> Hello Hans and Hiremath,
> >>
> >> One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver
> (even
> >> though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
> >> And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in
> camera
> >> interface.
> >> Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in system wide like
> the
> >> one in Omap3.
> >>
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Can you share the spec for the same; I wanted
> to verify the configuration part of it? What all configuration is
> exported to the user?
> >
> >> But in case of mine, I decided to make it as a TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
> >> and
> >> TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT.
> >> I thought that is was enough. Actually I took omap video out
> (vout?)
> >> for reference :-)
> >
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] I have also implemented the driver is the same
> way and also working with Hans to get it reviewed. But there are
> some configuration like coeff., luma enhancement, etc... need to
> export to the user, where we need to add mechanism in V4L2
> framework.
> >
> > Since we have one more device where we are demanding for M-to-M
> operation, I think it is important to go through it. Can you share
> some documents of your IP for better understanding.
> >
> >
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Nate
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009. 04. 19, 오전 12:53, Hans Verkuil 작성:
> >>
> >> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> Vaibhav Hiremath
> >> >>
> >> >>>> APPROACH 3 -
> >> >>>> --
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> .
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
> >> >>>
> >> >>> appreciated)
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> I would prefer second approach, since this will provide
> >> standard
> >> >>>> interface to applications independent on underneath
> hardware.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> There may be many number of such configuration parameters
> >> required
> >> >>>
> >> >>> for
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> different such devices, we need to work on this and come up
> >> with
> >> >>>
> >> >>> some
> >> >

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-20 Thread Dongsoo, Nathaniel Kim
Hello Vaibhav,

This is user manual of S3C6400 (not much different from S3C6410)
http://www.ebv.com/fileadmin/products/Products/Samsung/S3C6400/S3C6400X_UserManual_rev1-0_2008-02_661558um.pdf

That SoC is from my company but not from the same division of mine.
Actually I'm doing this driver job without any request from chip
delivering division. I'm doing this because this is so challenging and
want better generic driver :-)

Take a look at the user manual and please let me know your opinion.
In my understanding scaler and some camera interface feature in
S3C64XX are very similar to the features in Omap3.

Cheers,

Nate

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav  wrote:
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav Hiremath
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
>> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dongsoo Kim
>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:06 PM
>> To: Hans Verkuil
>> Cc: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
>> Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
>> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
>> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
>> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
>> under V4L2 framework
>>
>> Hello Hans and Hiremath,
>>
>> One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver (even
>> though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
>> And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in camera
>> interface.
>> Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in system wide like the
>> one in Omap3.
>>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Can you share the spec for the same; I wanted to verify 
> the configuration part of it? What all configuration is exported to the user?
>
>> But in case of mine, I decided to make it as a TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
>> and
>> TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT.
>> I thought that is was enough. Actually I took omap video out (vout?)
>> for reference :-)
>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] I have also implemented the driver is the same way and 
> also working with Hans to get it reviewed. But there are some configuration 
> like coeff., luma enhancement, etc... need to export to the user, where we 
> need to add mechanism in V4L2 framework.
>
> Since we have one more device where we are demanding for M-to-M operation, I 
> think it is important to go through it. Can you share some documents of your 
> IP for better understanding.
>
>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Nate
>>
>>
>> 2009. 04. 19, 오전 12:53, Hans Verkuil 작성:
>>
>> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Vaibhav Hiremath
>> >>
>> >>>> APPROACH 3 -
>> >>>> --
>> >>>>
>> >>>> .
>> >>>>
>> >>>> (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
>> >>>
>> >>> appreciated)
>> >>>
>> >>>> I would prefer second approach, since this will provide
>> standard
>> >>>> interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There may be many number of such configuration parameters
>> required
>> >>>
>> >>> for
>> >>>
>> >>>> different such devices, we need to work on this and come up
>> with
>> >>>
>> >>> some
>> >>>
>> >>>> standard capability fields covering most of available devices.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
>> >>>> Any suggestions will be helpful here,
>> >>>
>> >>> FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3
>> weeks.
>> >>> As you
>> >>> know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev
>> conversion
>> >>> for 2.6.30
>> >>> that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
>> >>> Embedded
>> >>> Linux Conference in San Francisco.
>> >>>
>> >>> But I always thought that something like this would be just a
>> >>> regular video
>> >>> device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
>> >>> would
>> >>> expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
>> >>> image) and
>> >>> the 'capture' 

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-20 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> -Original Message-
> From: Hans Verkuil [mailto:hverk...@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:24 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto;
> DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> > Thanks,
> > Vaibhav Hiremath
> >
> > > > APPROACH 3 -
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > .
> > It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly
> being
> > used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
> > application.
> 
> To be honest, I don't see the need for this. I think
> TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and
> TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT are perfectly fine.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Agreed, and you will also find implementation of driver 
aligned to this which I have shared with you.

> > And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
> > parameters.
> >
> > One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv"
> field
> > for custom configuration.
> 
> I agree. Especially since you cannot use it as a pointer to addition
> information.
> 
> > I would prefer and recommend capability based
> > interface, where application will query the capability of the
> device for
> > luma enhancement, filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth),
> > interpolation type, etc...
> >
> > This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be
> adapted by
> > this framework.
> 
> The big question is how many of these capabilities are 'generic' and
> how
> many are very much hardware specific. I am leaning towards using the
> extended control API for this. It's a bit awkward to implement in
> drivers
> at the moment, but that should improve in the future when a lot of
> the
> control handling code will move into the new core framework.
> 
> I really need to know more about the sort of features that
> omap/davinci
> offer (and preferably also for similar devices by other
> manufacturers).
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Hans, Can we have IRC session for this? We will discuss 
this in detail and try to get closure on it.

Again I would request you to join me and mauro on IRC chat, I will be staying 
online tomorrow.

> >
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   Hans
> 
> --
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RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-20 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> -Original Message-
> From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Dongsoo Kim
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:06 PM
> To: Hans Verkuil
> Cc: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre
> Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Jadav, Brijesh R;
> R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> Hello Hans and Hiremath,
> 
> One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver (even
> though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
> And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in camera
> interface.
> Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in system wide like the
> one in Omap3.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Can you share the spec for the same; I wanted to verify the 
configuration part of it? What all configuration is exported to the user?

> But in case of mine, I decided to make it as a TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
> and
> TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT.
> I thought that is was enough. Actually I took omap video out (vout?)
> for reference :-)

[Hiremath, Vaibhav] I have also implemented the driver is the same way and also 
working with Hans to get it reviewed. But there are some configuration like 
coeff., luma enhancement, etc... need to export to the user, where we need to 
add mechanism in V4L2 framework.

Since we have one more device where we are demanding for M-to-M operation, I 
think it is important to go through it. Can you share some documents of your IP 
for better understanding.


> Cheers,
> 
> Nate
> 
> 
> 2009. 04. 19, 오전 12:53, Hans Verkuil 작성:
> 
> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> >> Thanks,
> >> Vaibhav Hiremath
> >>
> >>>> APPROACH 3 -
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> .
> >>>>
> >>>> (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
> >>>
> >>> appreciated)
> >>>
> >>>> I would prefer second approach, since this will provide
> standard
> >>>> interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.
> >>>>
> >>>> There may be many number of such configuration parameters
> required
> >>>
> >>> for
> >>>
> >>>> different such devices, we need to work on this and come up
> with
> >>>
> >>> some
> >>>
> >>>> standard capability fields covering most of available devices.
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
> >>>> Any suggestions will be helpful here,
> >>>
> >>> FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3
> weeks.
> >>> As you
> >>> know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev
> conversion
> >>> for 2.6.30
> >>> that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
> >>> Embedded
> >>> Linux Conference in San Francisco.
> >>>
> >>> But I always thought that something like this would be just a
> >>> regular video
> >>> device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
> >>> would
> >>> expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
> >>> image) and
> >>> the 'capture' size (the size of the resized image), then just
> send
> >>> the
> >>> frames to the device (== resizer) and get them back on the
> capture
> >>> side.
> >>
> >> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Yes, it is possible to do that.
> >>
> >> Hans,
> >>
> >> I went through the link referred by Sergio and I think we should
> >> inherit
> >> some implementation for CODECs here for such devices.
> >>
> >> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECIN - To access the input format.
> >> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECOUT - To access the output format.
> >>
> >> It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly
> being
> >> used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
> >> application.
> >
> > To be honest, I don't see the need for this. I think
> > TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and
> > TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT are perfectly fine.
> >
> >> And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
> >>

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-18 Thread Dongsoo Kim

Hello Hans and Hiremath,

One of my recent job is making S3C64XX camera interface driver (even  
though other jobs of mine are not finished yet...;-()
And, what a incident! S3C64XX has also similar H/W block in camera  
interface.
Resizer in S3C camera interface can be used in system wide like the  
one in Omap3.


But in case of mine, I decided to make it as a TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and  
TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT.
I thought that is was enough. Actually I took omap video out (vout?)  
for reference :-)

Cheers,

Nate


2009. 04. 19, 오전 12:53, Hans Verkuil 작성:


On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:

Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath


APPROACH 3 -
--

.

(Any other approach which I could not think of would be


appreciated)


I would prefer second approach, since this will provide standard
interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.

There may be many number of such configuration parameters required


for


different such devices, we need to work on this and come up with


some


standard capability fields covering most of available devices.

Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
Any suggestions will be helpful here,


FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3 weeks.
As you
know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev conversion
for 2.6.30
that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
Embedded
Linux Conference in San Francisco.

But I always thought that something like this would be just a
regular video
device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
would
expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
image) and
the 'capture' size (the size of the resized image), then just send
the
frames to the device (== resizer) and get them back on the capture
side.


[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Yes, it is possible to do that.

Hans,

I went through the link referred by Sergio and I think we should  
inherit

some implementation for CODECs here for such devices.

V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECIN - To access the input format.
V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECOUT - To access the output format.

It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly being
used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
application.


To be honest, I don't see the need for this. I think  
TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and

TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT are perfectly fine.


And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
parameters.

One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv"  
field

for custom configuration.


I agree. Especially since you cannot use it as a pointer to addition
information.


I would prefer and recommend capability based
interface, where application will query the capability of the  
device for

luma enhancement, filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth),
interpolation type, etc...

This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be  
adapted by

this framework.


The big question is how many of these capabilities are 'generic' and  
how

many are very much hardware specific. I am leaning towards using the
extended control API for this. It's a bit awkward to implement in  
drivers

at the moment, but that should improve in the future when a lot of the
control handling code will move into the new core framework.

I really need to know more about the sort of features that omap/ 
davinci
offer (and preferably also for similar devices by other  
manufacturers).





Hans,
Have you get a chance to look at Video-Buf layer issues I mentioned  
in

original draft?


I've asked Magnus Damm to take a look at this. I know he did some  
work in
this area and he may have fixed some of these issues already. Very  
useful,

that Embedded Linux conference...

Regards,

Hans

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Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-04-18 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav Hiremath
>
> > > APPROACH 3 -
> > > --
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> > > (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
> >
> > appreciated)
> >
> > > I would prefer second approach, since this will provide standard
> > > interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.
> > >
> > > There may be many number of such configuration parameters required
> >
> > for
> >
> > > different such devices, we need to work on this and come up with
> >
> > some
> >
> > > standard capability fields covering most of available devices.
> > >
> > > Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
> > > Any suggestions will be helpful here,
> >
> > FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3 weeks.
> > As you
> > know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev conversion
> > for 2.6.30
> > that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
> > Embedded
> > Linux Conference in San Francisco.
> >
> > But I always thought that something like this would be just a
> > regular video
> > device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
> > would
> > expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
> > image) and
> > the 'capture' size (the size of the resized image), then just send
> > the
> > frames to the device (== resizer) and get them back on the capture
> > side.
>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Yes, it is possible to do that.
>
> Hans,
>
> I went through the link referred by Sergio and I think we should inherit
> some implementation for CODECs here for such devices.
>
> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECIN - To access the input format.
> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECOUT - To access the output format.
>
> It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly being
> used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
> application.

To be honest, I don't see the need for this. I think TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE and 
TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT are perfectly fine.

> And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
> parameters.
>
> One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv" field
> for custom configuration.

I agree. Especially since you cannot use it as a pointer to addition 
information.

> I would prefer and recommend capability based 
> interface, where application will query the capability of the device for
> luma enhancement, filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth),
> interpolation type, etc...
>
> This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be adapted by
> this framework.

The big question is how many of these capabilities are 'generic' and how 
many are very much hardware specific. I am leaning towards using the 
extended control API for this. It's a bit awkward to implement in drivers 
at the moment, but that should improve in the future when a lot of the 
control handling code will move into the new core framework.

I really need to know more about the sort of features that omap/davinci 
offer (and preferably also for similar devices by other manufacturers).

>
>
> Hans,
> Have you get a chance to look at Video-Buf layer issues I mentioned in
> original draft?

I've asked Magnus Damm to take a look at this. I know he did some work in 
this area and he may have fixed some of these issues already. Very useful, 
that Embedded Linux conference...

Regards,

Hans

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Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-31 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 10:53:02 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav Hiremath
>
> > > APPROACH 3 -
> > > --
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> > > (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
> >
> > appreciated)
> >
> > > I would prefer second approach, since this will provide standard
> > > interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.
> > >
> > > There may be many number of such configuration parameters required
> >
> > for
> >
> > > different such devices, we need to work on this and come up with
> >
> > some
> >
> > > standard capability fields covering most of available devices.
> > >
> > > Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
> > > Any suggestions will be helpful here,
> >
> > FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3 weeks.
> > As you
> > know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev conversion
> > for 2.6.30
> > that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
> > Embedded
> > Linux Conference in San Francisco.
> >
> > But I always thought that something like this would be just a
> > regular video
> > device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
> > would
> > expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
> > image) and
> > the 'capture' size (the size of the resized image), then just send
> > the
> > frames to the device (== resizer) and get them back on the capture
> > side.
>
> [Hiremath, Vaibhav] Yes, it is possible to do that.
>
> Hans,
>
> I went through the link referred by Sergio and I think we should inherit
> some implementation for CODECs here for such devices.
>
> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECIN - To access the input format.
> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECOUT - To access the output format.
>
> It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly being
> used from codecs context. And this would be more clear from user
> application.

I haven't had the time to look at this yet.

> And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting
> parameters.
>
> One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv" field
> for custom configuration. I would prefer and recommend capability based
> interface, where application will query the capability of the device for
> luma enhancement, filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth),
> interpolation type, etc...

These things are always hard to do since the capabilities are so hardware 
dependent. You either end up with a controls-like API (where you basically 
can enumerate the capabilities), or you go for a split API: part is for 
common functionality, and another part is purely device specific.

> This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be adapted by
> this framework.
>
>
>
> Hans,
> Have you get a chance to look at Video-Buf layer issues I mentioned in
> original draft?

No, but videobuf is more Mauro's expertise.

As I said, I will have very little time to really look into this until some 
2-3 weeks from now :-(

Regards,

Hans


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RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-31 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> >
> > APPROACH 3 -
> > --
> >
> > .
> >
> > (Any other approach which I could not think of would be
> appreciated)
> >
> >
> > I would prefer second approach, since this will provide standard
> > interface to applications independent on underneath hardware.
> >
> > There may be many number of such configuration parameters required
> for
> > different such devices, we need to work on this and come up with
> some
> > standard capability fields covering most of available devices.
> >
> > Does anybody have some other opinions on this?
> > Any suggestions will be helpful here,
> 
> FYI: I have very little time to look at this for the next 2-3 weeks.
> As you
> know I'm working on the last pieces of the v4l2_subdev conversion
> for 2.6.30
> that should be finished this week. After that I'm attending the
> Embedded
> Linux Conference in San Francisco.
> 
> But I always thought that something like this would be just a
> regular video
> device that can do both 'output' and 'capture'. For a resizer I
> would
> expect that you set the 'output' size (the size of your source
> image) and
> the 'capture' size (the size of the resized image), then just send
> the
> frames to the device (== resizer) and get them back on the capture
> side.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] Yes, it is possible to do that.

Hans,

I went through the link referred by Sergio and I think we should inherit some 
implementation for CODECs here for such devices.

V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECIN - To access the input format. V4L2_BUF_TYPE_CODECOUT - To 
access the output format.

It makes sense, since such memory-to-memory devices will mostly being used from 
codecs context. And this would be more clear from user application.

And as acknowledged by you, we can use VIDIOC_S_FMT for setting parameters.

One thing I am not able to convince myself is that, using "priv" field for 
custom configuration. I would prefer and recommend capability based interface, 
where application will query the capability of the device for luma enhancement, 
filter coefficients (number of coeff and depth), interpolation type, etc...

This way we can make sure that, any such future devices can be adapted by this 
framework.



Hans,
Have you get a chance to look at Video-Buf layer issues I mentioned in original 
draft?

> Regards,
> 
>   Hans
> 
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RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-30 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> -Original Message-
> From: Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:10 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav; linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Hans Verkuil;
> Jadav, Brijesh R; R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar,
> Purushotam
> Subject: RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> Hi Vaibhav,
> 
> Please find some comments below
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:35 AM
> > To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim;
> Toivonen
> > Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla,
> Hari; Sakari
> > Ailus; Hans Verkuil; Jadav, Brijesh R; R, Sivaraj; Hadli,
> Manjunath; Shah,
> > Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> > Subject: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under
> V4L2
> > framework
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > With reference to the mail-thread started by Sakari on Resizer
> driver
> > interface,
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123628392325716&w=2
> >
> > I would like to bring some issues and propose changes to adapt
> such
> > devices under V4L2 framework. Sorry for delayed response on this
> mail-
> > thread, actually I was on vacation.
> >
> > As proposed by Sakari, I do agree with the approach of having V4L2
> > interface for memory-to-memory operation of the ISP (like resizer
> and
> > previewer), but I would like to bring some important
> aspects/issues here -
> >
> > - Some drawbacks of V4L2-buf layer framework for such kind of
> > devices
> > - Need for backward compatibility.
> >
> > Drawbacks for V4L2-Buf layer -
> > -
> >
> > 1} In case of resizer driver, the input buffer will always be
> different
> > than output buffer.
> >
> > In case of Mmapped buffer there is no issue, since driver
> allocates
> > maximum of input and output. User doesn't have control on this,
> although
> > there is loss of memory from system point of view.
> >
> > In case of User Pointer Exchange, User would expect and may
> allocate
> > different sizes of buffers for input and output which V4L2-buf
> layer
> > doesn't support with single queue. And to address this, I think
> here we
> > need to have either of following approaches -
> >
> > - Use two separate buffer queues, one for input and another
> for
> > output.
> > - Or hack the driver for v4l2_buffer, internally using
> different
> > buffer params for input and output. [Not recommended]
> >
> > Please note that sometimes application receives buffers from
> another
> > driver or from some codecs engine that's why input and output
> buffer will
> > never be of same size.
> >
> > 2) V4L2-buf layer doesn't support IOMEM coming from user
> application. Just
> > to give low level details about this -
> >
> > When application tries to configure for 'V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR' with
> buffer
> > coming from another driver (which is iomampped), then QUEUEBUF
> ioctl will
> > fail from 'videobuf_iolock' --> videobuf_dma_init_user_locked -->
> > get_user_pages.
> >
> > In 'get_user_pages' it checks for IOMEM flag and returns error,
> which is
> > expected behavior from Kernel point of view. We are trying to map
> buffer
> > which is already mapped to kernel by another driver.
> 
> I'm not sure if I understood the problem right... Can you please
> help me clarify?
> 
> So, basically the problem is that both drivers needs to associate a
> single buffer with 2 different DMA transfers at the same time (one
> from other driver, and other from ISP) Is that correct?
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] No, 

Let's take real-time example here, say you have 128 Mb DDR available with you 
and you have asked linux to use only say 80Mb. And rest of the memory you are 
mapping to kernel from some another driver using ioremap.

This is valid use-case, since most of application does this due to memory 
fragmentation.

Now you want to use this ioremapped buffer for your capture driver as a use 
pointer exchange mechanism. And here it fails due to issues as I explained 
before.

> >
> > One thing I am not able to understand, how nobody came across such
> use-
> > case which is very common. And t

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-30 Thread Hiremath, Vaibhav


Thanks,
Vaibhav Hiremath

> -Original Message-
> From: Koen Kooi [mailto:k.k...@student.utwente.nl]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:54 PM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto;
> DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim; Toivonen Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-
> o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari Ailus; Hans Verkuil;
> Jadav, Brijesh R; R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah, Hardik; Kumar,
> Purushotam
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support
> under V4L2 framework
> 
> Op 30 mrt 2009, om 16:34 heeft Hiremath, Vaibhav het volgende
> geschreven:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > With reference to the mail-thread started by Sakari on Resizer
> > driver interface,
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123628392325716&w=2
> >
> > I would like to bring some issues and propose changes to adapt
> such
> > devices under V4L2 framework. Sorry for delayed response on this
> > mail-thread, actually I was on vacation.
> 
> I extracted a patch from that branch, but I can't figure out how to
> actually enable the resizer on beagleboard, overo and omapzoom,
> since
> the patches to do that seem to be missing from the branches of the
> ISP
> tree. Any clue where I can get those?

[Hiremath, Vaibhav] If I understand correctly, Sakari has removed stand-alone 
drivers (both resizer and previewer) from his patch-sets. I have ported it for 
our release. And this RFC is about supporting these drivers, since the current 
implementation has custom interface.

> Also, any test apps for the new code? AIUI dmai doesn't understand
> the
> new code yet.
> 
[Hiremath, Vaibhav] I can provide you the sample application, can you please 
provide me your code-base for ISP and resizer?

> regards,
> 
> Koen
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Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-30 Thread Hans Verkuil
On Monday 30 March 2009 16:34:42 Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With reference to the mail-thread started by Sakari on Resizer driver
> interface,
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123628392325716&w=2
>
> I would like to bring some issues and propose changes to adapt such
> devices under V4L2 framework. Sorry for delayed response on this
> mail-thread, actually I was on vacation.
>
> As proposed by Sakari, I do agree with the approach of having V4L2
> interface for memory-to-memory operation of the ISP (like resizer and
> previewer), but I would like to bring some important aspects/issues here
> -
>
>   - Some drawbacks of V4L2-buf layer framework for such kind of devices
>   - Need for backward compatibility.
>
> Drawbacks for V4L2-Buf layer -
> -
>
> 1} In case of resizer driver, the input buffer will always be different
> than output buffer.
>
> In case of Mmapped buffer there is no issue, since driver allocates
> maximum of input and output. User doesn't have control on this, although
> there is loss of memory from system point of view.
>
> In case of User Pointer Exchange, User would expect and may allocate
> different sizes of buffers for input and output which V4L2-buf layer
> doesn't support with single queue. And to address this, I think here we
> need to have either of following approaches -
>
>   - Use two separate buffer queues, one for input and another for output.
>   - Or hack the driver for v4l2_buffer, internally using different buffer
> params for input and output. [Not recommended]
>
> Please note that sometimes application receives buffers from another
> driver or from some codecs engine that's why input and output buffer will
> never be of same size.
>
> 2) V4L2-buf layer doesn't support IOMEM coming from user application.
> Just to give low level details about this -
>
> When application tries to configure for 'V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR' with buffer
> coming from another driver (which is iomampped), then QUEUEBUF ioctl will
> fail from 'videobuf_iolock' --> videobuf_dma_init_user_locked -->
> get_user_pages.
>
> In 'get_user_pages' it checks for IOMEM flag and returns error, which is
> expected behavior from Kernel point of view. We are trying to map buffer
> which is already mapped to kernel by another driver.
>
> One thing I am not able to understand, how nobody came across such
> use-case which is very common. And to address this issue we need to add
> support for IOMEM in V4L2-buf layer.
>
> NOTE: Currently both of these issues have been addressed as a custom
> implementation for our internal use case.
>
> Backward Compatibility -
> ---
>
> This is an important aspect, since similar hardware modules are available
> on Davinci as well as on OMAP and their driver interface is completely
> different.
>
> On Davinci, resizer driver is supported through plane char driver
> interface which handles all data/buffer processing and control paths. It
> maintains internal queue for priority of resizing tasks and stuff.
>
> The driver is present under /drivers/char/Davinci.
>
> Here I feel, V4L2 way is better, since all image processing drivers
> should go under "drivers/media/video/". And again we can make use of
> readily available V4L2 framework interface for data and control path to
> manage buffers. We should enhance V4L2 framework to support such devices.
>
>
> Proposed Required Changes -
> --
>
> I am putting some high level changes required to be done for supporting
> such devices -
>
>   - Enhancement in V4L2-buf layer for above issues
>
>   - Will be directly using sub-device frame-work and have to enhance it to
> support such devices.
>
>   - Below are the parameters we need to configure for Resizer from user
> application -
>
>   __s32 in_hsize;/* input frame horizontal size.*/
>   __s32 in_vsize;/* input frame vertical size */
>   __s32 in_pitch;/* offset between 2 rows of input frame.*/
>   __s32 inptyp;  /* for determining 16 bit or 8 bit data.*/
>   __s32 vert_starting_pixel; /* vertical starting pixel in input.*/
>   __s32 horz_starting_pixel; /* horizontal starting pixel in input.*/
>   __s32 cbilin;  /* filter with luma or bi-linear interpolation.*/
>   __s32 pix_fmt; /* UYVY or YUYV */
>   __s32 out_hsize;   /* output frame horizontal size. */
>   __s32 out_vsize;   /* output frame vertical size.*/
>   __s32 out_pitch;   /* offset between 2 rows of output frame.*/
>   __s32 hstph;   /* for specifying horizontal starting phase.*/
>   __s32 vstph;   /* for specifying vertical starting phase.*/
>   __u16 tap4filt_coeffs[32]; /* horizontal filtercoefficients.*/
>   __u16 tap7filt_coeffs[32]; /* vertical filter coefficients. */
>   struct rsz_yenh yenh_params;
>
> (Pasted from previous patches posted by Sergio)
>
>
> Putting one sample proposal using VIDIOC_S_FMT -
>
> APPROACH 1 -
> --
>
> Either we can add this under "struct v4l2_format" 

RE: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-30 Thread Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto
Hi Vaibhav,

Please find some comments below

> -Original Message-
> From: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:35 AM
> To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Aguirre Rodriguez, Sergio Alberto; DongSoo(Nathaniel) Kim; Toivonen
> Tuukka.O (Nokia-D/Oulu); linux-o...@vger.kernel.org; Nagalla, Hari; Sakari
> Ailus; Hans Verkuil; Jadav, Brijesh R; R, Sivaraj; Hadli, Manjunath; Shah,
> Hardik; Kumar, Purushotam
> Subject: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2
> framework
> 
> Hi,
> 
> With reference to the mail-thread started by Sakari on Resizer driver
> interface,
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123628392325716&w=2
> 
> I would like to bring some issues and propose changes to adapt such
> devices under V4L2 framework. Sorry for delayed response on this mail-
> thread, actually I was on vacation.
> 
> As proposed by Sakari, I do agree with the approach of having V4L2
> interface for memory-to-memory operation of the ISP (like resizer and
> previewer), but I would like to bring some important aspects/issues here -
> 
>   - Some drawbacks of V4L2-buf layer framework for such kind of
> devices
>   - Need for backward compatibility.
> 
> Drawbacks for V4L2-Buf layer -
> -
> 
> 1} In case of resizer driver, the input buffer will always be different
> than output buffer.
> 
> In case of Mmapped buffer there is no issue, since driver allocates
> maximum of input and output. User doesn't have control on this, although
> there is loss of memory from system point of view.
> 
> In case of User Pointer Exchange, User would expect and may allocate
> different sizes of buffers for input and output which V4L2-buf layer
> doesn't support with single queue. And to address this, I think here we
> need to have either of following approaches -
> 
>   - Use two separate buffer queues, one for input and another for
> output.
>   - Or hack the driver for v4l2_buffer, internally using different
> buffer params for input and output. [Not recommended]
> 
> Please note that sometimes application receives buffers from another
> driver or from some codecs engine that's why input and output buffer will
> never be of same size.
> 
> 2) V4L2-buf layer doesn't support IOMEM coming from user application. Just
> to give low level details about this -
> 
> When application tries to configure for 'V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR' with buffer
> coming from another driver (which is iomampped), then QUEUEBUF ioctl will
> fail from 'videobuf_iolock' --> videobuf_dma_init_user_locked -->
> get_user_pages.
> 
> In 'get_user_pages' it checks for IOMEM flag and returns error, which is
> expected behavior from Kernel point of view. We are trying to map buffer
> which is already mapped to kernel by another driver.

I'm not sure if I understood the problem right... Can you please help me 
clarify?

So, basically the problem is that both drivers needs to associate a single 
buffer with 2 different DMA transfers at the same time (one from other driver, 
and other from ISP) Is that correct?

> 
> One thing I am not able to understand, how nobody came across such use-
> case which is very common. And to address this issue we need to add
> support for IOMEM in V4L2-buf layer.
> 
> NOTE: Currently both of these issues have been addressed as a custom
> implementation for our internal use case.
> 
> Backward Compatibility -
> ---
> 
> This is an important aspect, since similar hardware modules are available
> on Davinci as well as on OMAP and their driver interface is completely
> different.
> 
> On Davinci, resizer driver is supported through plane char driver
> interface which handles all data/buffer processing and control paths. It
> maintains internal queue for priority of resizing tasks and stuff.
> 
> The driver is present under /drivers/char/Davinci.
> 
> Here I feel, V4L2 way is better, since all image processing drivers should
> go under "drivers/media/video/". And again we can make use of readily
> available V4L2 framework interface for data and control path to manage
> buffers. We should enhance V4L2 framework to support such devices.
> 
> 
> Proposed Required Changes -
> --
> 
> I am putting some high level changes required to be done for supporting
> such devices -
> 
>   - Enhancement in V4L2-buf layer for above issues
> 
>   - Will be directly using sub-device frame-work and have to enhance
> it to support such devices.
> 
>   - Below are the parameters we need to configure for Resizer from
> user application -
> 
>   __s32 in_hsize;/* input frame horizontal size.*/
>   __s32 in_vsize;/* input frame vertical size */
>   __s32 in_pitch;/* offset between 2 rows of input frame.*/
>   __s32 inptyp;  /* for determining 16 bit or 8 bit data.*/
>   __s32 vert_starting_pixel; /* vertical starting pixel in input.*/
>   __s32 horz_starting_pixel; /* horizontal starting pixel in input.*/
>   __s32 cbilin; 

Re: [RFC] Stand-alone Resizer/Previewer Driver support under V4L2 framework

2009-03-30 Thread Koen Kooi
Op 30 mrt 2009, om 16:34 heeft Hiremath, Vaibhav het volgende  
geschreven:



Hi,

With reference to the mail-thread started by Sakari on Resizer  
driver interface,


http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123628392325716&w=2

I would like to bring some issues and propose changes to adapt such  
devices under V4L2 framework. Sorry for delayed response on this  
mail-thread, actually I was on vacation.


I extracted a patch from that branch, but I can't figure out how to  
actually enable the resizer on beagleboard, overo and omapzoom, since  
the patches to do that seem to be missing from the branches of the ISP  
tree. Any clue where I can get those?
Also, any test apps for the new code? AIUI dmai doesn't understand the  
new code yet.


regards,

Koen


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