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@ 2021-04-27 13:20 Tomi Valkeinen
  2021-04-27 13:20 ` [PATCH 1/4] media: ti-vpe: cal: add embedded data support Tomi Valkeinen
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From: Tomi Valkeinen @ 2021-04-27 13:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benoit Parrot, Laurent Pinchart, Pratyush Yadav, Lokesh Vutla,
	linux-media
  Cc: sakari.ailus, Tomi Valkeinen

Hi,

This series adds embedded data and multiplexed streams support to TI CAL
driver. These patches depend on the subdev routing series and CAL preparation
series:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20210427124523.990938-1-tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com/

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20210420120433.902394-1-tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com/

One detail I'm not too happy about is adding a new kernel module parameter
'cal_streams_api'. Setting this parameter enables the multiplexed streams
support for the CAL sink pads. I'd like the driver to be able to figure this
out itself, but there's no simple answer to it.

A pad in a subdev has to be either in non-multiplexed or multiplexed mode. If
the subdev cannot support multiplexed streams, then the answer is clear. But if
it can, then the question becomes "what's connected to the pad, and what does
it want". Afaik, the idea with subdev configuration is that each subdev can be
configured independently, so the driver trying to figure out the answer to that
question breaks this idea. Also, two connected subdevs that both can support
both modes wouldn't even give the answer, but the answer might be found further
away, probably from the sensor subdev.

So, maybe it should be the userspace that can set a subdev pad to either of the
modes. There's currently no such uAPI, but I think this option makes the most
sense.

Another detail to note is the embedded data support. I don't have hardware with
real embedded data, so I have not added any embedded data formats. Also, the
embedded data is captured with the video capture ioctls, not the metadata
capture ioctls. The reason for this is that in the case of CSI-2 embedded data
(at least for this hardware) the embedded data is very much like pixel data:
the data is sent in lines just before or after the pixel content and each
subdev needs a set_fmt call with the width, height, and mbus-code.

Using the metadata ioctls is possible, but it only results in much more complex
driver code, and, I think, more confusing userspace.

 Tomi

Tomi Valkeinen (4):
  media: ti-vpe: cal: add embedded data support
  media: ti-vpe: cal: use frame desc to get vc and dt
  media: ti-vpe: cal: add routing support
  media: ti-vpe: cal: add multiplexed streams support

 drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-camerarx.c | 234 ++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-video.c    |  95 +++++++-
 drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.c          | 102 ++++++--
 drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h          |  10 +-
 4 files changed, 383 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.1


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2021-04-29  3:03   ` Laurent Pinchart
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