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From: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com>
To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com,
	Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	niklas.soderlund+renesas@ragnatech.se
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>
Subject: [PATCH v5 19/24] media: Documentation: Add GS_ROUTING documentation
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:04:45 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210415130450.421168-20-tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210415130450.421168-1-tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com>

From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org>

Add documentation for VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G/S_ROUTING ioctl and add
description of multiplexed media pads and internal routing to the
V4L2-subdev documentation section.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org>
---
 .../userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst    |  92 +++++++++++
 .../userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst     |   1 +
 .../media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-routing.rst     | 143 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 236 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-routing.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
index fd1de0a73a9f..7fd5d5d1350b 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ will feature a character device node on which ioctls can be called to
 
 -  negotiate image formats on individual pads
 
+-  inspect and modify internal data routing between pads of the same entity
+
 Sub-device character device nodes, conventionally named
 ``/dev/v4l-subdev*``, use major number 81.
 
@@ -501,3 +503,93 @@ source pads.
     :maxdepth: 1
 
     subdev-formats
+
+
+Multiplexed media pads and internal routing
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Subdevice drivers may expose the internal connections between media pads of an
+entity by exposing a routing table that applications can inspect and manipulate
+to change the internal routing between sink and source pads' data connection
+endpoints. A routing table is described by a struct
+:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_routing`, which contains ``num_routes`` route entries, each
+one represented by a struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route`.
+
+Data routes do not just connect one pad to another in an entity, but they refer
+instead to the ``streams`` a media pad provides. Streams are data connection
+endpoints in a media pad. Multiplexed media pads expose multiple ``streams``
+which represent, when the underlying hardware technology allows that, logical
+data flows transported over a single physical media bus.
+
+A noteworthy example of logical stream multiplexing techniques is represented
+by the data interleaving mechanism implemented by mean of Virtual Channels as
+defined by the MIPI CSI-2 media bus specifications. A subdevice that implements
+support for Virtual Channel data interleaving might expose up to 4 data
+``streams``, one for each available Virtual Channel, on the source media pad
+that represents a CSI-2 connection endpoint.
+
+Routes are defined as potential data connections between a ``(sink_pad,
+sink_stream)`` pair and a ``(source_pad, source_stream)`` one, where
+``sink_pad`` and ``source_pad`` are the indexes of two media pads part of the
+same media entity, and ``sink_stream`` and ``source_stream`` are the identifiers
+of the data streams to be connected in the media pads. Media pads that do not
+support data multiplexing expose a single stream, usually with identifier 0.
+
+Routes are reported to applications in a routing table which can be
+inspected and manipulated using the :ref:`routing <VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING>`
+ioctls.
+
+Routes can be activated and deactivated by setting or clearing the
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_ROUTE_FL_ACTIVE`` flag in the ``flags`` field of struct
+:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route`.
+
+A subdev driver may create routes that cannot be modified by applications.
+Such routes are identified by the presence of the
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_ROUTE_FL_IMMUTABLE`` flag in the ``flags`` field of struct
+:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route`.
+
+As an example, the routing table of a subdevice that has two sink pads and can
+combine their streams on a single source pad as two logical streams is here
+below described.
+
+.. flat-table::
+    :header-rows:  1
+
+    * - Pad Index
+      - Function
+      - Number of streams
+    * - 0
+      - SINK
+      - 1
+    * - 1
+      - SINK
+      - 1
+    * - 2
+      - SOURCE
+      - 2
+
+In such an example, the source media pad will report a routing table with 4
+entries, one entry for each possible ``(sink_pad, sink_stream) - (source_pad,
+source_stream)`` combination.
+
+.. flat-table:: routing table
+    :header-rows:  1
+
+    * - Sink Pad/Sink Stream
+      - ->
+      - Source Pad/Source Stream
+    * - 0/0
+      - ->
+      - 2/0
+    * - 0/0
+      - ->
+      - 2/1
+    * - 1/0
+      - ->
+      - 2/0
+    * - 1/0
+      - ->
+      - 2/1
+
+Subdev drivers are free to decide how many routes an application can enable on
+a media pad at the same time, and refuse to enable or disable specific routes.
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst
index 53e604bd7d60..228c1521f190 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/user-func.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Function Reference
     vidioc-subdev-g-crop
     vidioc-subdev-g-fmt
     vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval
+    vidioc-subdev-g-routing
     vidioc-subdev-g-selection
     vidioc-subdev-querycap
     vidioc-subscribe-event
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-routing.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-routing.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..993847be2446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-routing.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING:
+
+******************************************************
+ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING
+******************************************************
+
+Name
+====
+
+VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING - Get or set routing between streams of media pads in a media entity.
+
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING, struct v4l2_subdev_routing *argp )
+    :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING
+
+.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING, struct v4l2_subdev_routing *argp )
+    :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING
+
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``fd``
+    File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
+
+``argp``
+    Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_routing`.
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+These ioctls are used to get and set the routing in a media entity.
+The routing configuration determines the flows of data inside an entity.
+
+Drivers report their routing tables using the ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING`` ioctl
+and application may enable or disable routes with the VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING
+ioctl, by setting or clearing the ``V4L2_SUBDEV_ROUTE_FL_ACTIVE`` flag of
+the  ``flags`` field of a struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route`.
+
+When inspecting routes through VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING and the application
+provided ``num_routes`` is not big enough to contain all the available routes
+the subdevice exposes, drivers return the ENOSPC error code and adjust the
+value of the ``num_routes`` field. Application should then reserve enough memory
+for all the route entries and call VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING again.
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+
+.. c:type:: v4l2_subdev_routing
+
+.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_subdev_routing
+    :header-rows:  0
+    :stub-columns: 0
+    :widths:       1 1 2
+
+    * - __u32
+      - ``which``
+      - Format to modified, from enum
+        :ref:`v4l2_subdev_format_whence <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`.
+    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route`
+      - ``routes[]``
+      - Array of struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_route` entries
+    * - __u32
+      - ``num_routes``
+      - Number of entries of the routes array
+    * - __u32
+      - ``reserved``\ [5]
+      - Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must set
+	the array to zero.
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+
+.. c:type:: v4l2_subdev_route
+
+.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_subdev_route
+    :header-rows:  0
+    :stub-columns: 0
+    :widths:       1 1 2
+
+    * - __u32
+      - ``sink_pad``
+      - Sink pad number.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``sink_stream``
+      - Sink pad stream number.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``source_pad``
+      - Source pad number.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``source_stream``
+      - Source pad stream number.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``flags``
+      - Route enable/disable flags
+	:ref:`v4l2_subdev_routing_flags <v4l2-subdev-routing-flags>`.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``reserved``\ [5]
+      - Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must set
+	the array to zero.
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+
+.. _v4l2-subdev-routing-flags:
+
+.. flat-table:: enum v4l2_subdev_routing_flags
+    :header-rows:  0
+    :stub-columns: 0
+    :widths:       3 1 4
+
+    * - V4L2_SUBDEV_ROUTE_FL_ACTIVE
+      - 0
+      - The route is enabled. Set by applications.
+    * - V4L2_SUBDEV_ROUTE_FL_IMMUTABLE
+      - 1
+      - The route is immutable. Set by the driver.
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
+appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
+:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
+
+ENOSPC
+   The number of provided route entries is less than the available ones.
+
+EINVAL
+   The sink or source pad identifiers reference a non-existing pad, or reference
+   pads of different types (ie. the sink_pad identifiers refers to a source pad)
+   or the sink or source stream identifiers reference a non-existing stream on
+   the sink or source pad.
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-15 13:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-15 13:04 [PATCH v5 00/24] v4l: subdev internal routing Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 01/24] media: entity: Use pad as a starting point for graph walk Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 02/24] media: entity: Use pads instead of entities in the media graph walk stack Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 03/24] media: entity: Walk the graph based on pads Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 17:47   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 11:30     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 04/24] v4l: mc: Start walk from a specific pad in use count calculation Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 05/24] media: entity: Add iterator helper for entity pads Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 17:52   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-22 12:04     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 06/24] media: entity: Move the pipeline from entity to pads Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 18:00   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 11:38     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 07/24] media: entity: Use pad as the starting point for a pipeline Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 08/24] media: entity: Add has_route entity operation Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 09/24] media: entity: Add media_entity_has_route() function Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 10/24] media: entity: Use routing information during graph traversal Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 11/24] media: entity: Skip link validation for pads to which there is no route to Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 18:06   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 11:41     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-23 12:37       ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-29 12:06         ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-29 14:10           ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 12/24] media: entity: Add an iterator helper for connected pads Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 18:20   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 11:48     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-29  1:33       ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-29 11:56         ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-29 12:04           ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-29 12:07             ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-29 12:14               ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 13/24] media: entity: Add only connected pads to the pipeline Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 14/24] media: entity: Add debug information in graph walk route check Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 15/24] v4l: Add bus type to frame descriptors Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:23   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 11:50     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-22 12:30       ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-29 11:58         ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-29 14:09           ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 16/24] v4l: Add CSI-2 bus configuration " Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:24   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 16:32     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 17/24] v4l: Add stream to frame descriptor Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:27   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-22 12:47     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-22 16:18       ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 18/24] v4l: subdev: Add [GS]_ROUTING subdev ioctls and operations Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 18:32   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-22 11:16     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-22 16:20       ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-22 16:58         ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-20 16:35   ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-15 13:04 ` Tomi Valkeinen [this message]
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 20/24] v4l: mc: Add an S_ROUTING helper function for power state changes Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 18:55   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-20 16:41     ` Sakari Ailus
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 21/24] v4l: subdev: routing kernel helper functions Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:18   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 22/24] v4l: subdev: add v4l2_subdev_get_format_dir() Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:04   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-21 13:04     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-29  1:43       ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-05-04  6:49         ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 23/24] v4l: subdev: Take routing information into account in link validation Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-15 13:04 ` [PATCH v5 24/24] v4l: subdev: increase V4L2_FRAME_DESC_ENTRY_MAX to 8 Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-18 19:06   ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-16  8:38 ` [PATCH v5 00/24] v4l: subdev internal routing Niklas Söderlund
2021-04-16  8:47   ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-16  8:56     ` Niklas Söderlund
2021-04-18 17:32 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-04-21 12:57   ` Tomi Valkeinen
2021-04-29  1:27     ` Laurent Pinchart

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