On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 02:18:15PM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> Hi Thierry, Dmitry,
> 
> Dmitry found some issues, so I'll wait for a v2.
> 
> Anyway, this driver is in staging with this TODO:
> 
> - Implement V4L2 API once it gains support for stateless decoders.
> 
> I just wanted to mention that the Request API is expected to be merged
> for 4.20. A topic branch is here:
> 
> https://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/log/?h=request_api
> 
> This patch series is expected to be added to the topic branch once
> everyone agrees:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg139713.html
> 
> The first Allwinner driver that will be using this API is here:
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/763589/
> 
> It's expected to be merged for 4.20 as well.
> 
> Preliminary H264 work for the Allwinner driver is here:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/13/399
> 
> But this needs more work.
> 
> HEVC support, on the other hand, is almost ready:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/28/229
> 
> I hope these links give a good overview of the current status.

Thanks for those links. I was aware of the ongoing efforts and was
eagerly waiting for the various pieces to settle a bit. I will hopefully
get around to porting the tegra-vde driver to this new infrastructure in
the next couple of weeks.

Thierry