From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D60C282C5 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:27:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D005A20879 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:27:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727946AbfAVL1g (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:27:36 -0500 Received: from lb2-smtp-cloud8.xs4all.net ([194.109.24.25]:45740 "EHLO lb2-smtp-cloud8.xs4all.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727919AbfAVL1f (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:27:35 -0500 Received: from cobaltpc1.rd.cisco.com ([IPv6:2001:420:44c1:2579:b98b:fd77:97a1:d7fe]) by smtp-cloud8.xs4all.net with ESMTPA id luDHgEkLRNR5yluDNggn5W; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:27:33 +0100 From: hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Cc: Tomasz Figa , Alexandre Courbot , Hans Verkuil Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/media: rename "Codec Interface" Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:27:27 +0100 Message-Id: <20190122112727.12662-4-hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190122112727.12662-1-hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> References: <20190122112727.12662-1-hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfG5q6KP95KxXngEDXX5VMAl59mpvVfTx5XWQPoXPmeCM9sdfED7+4qWRlqMyaXdzK9RK6144e6ZolMGDNrX3Y+HpgSsk5asQF3unHrzFLlVqbculImga 3SpYzyQe1FEMScdz7cZl6wBGxd7WKD0HLnPasXwOOhZGVo7DmTBeXkU5QCSUi5s5a18xALT2jTqUSPb1ANfAvnh7uEpDndUFEmROP/GHs07zPKpSfg0ROyne gJU3gwdlUxNQgfTpOSfbROiYsH3eNi0CGHapViCFaQYksClsi6KryvAoHViyUoEPAPW8re9RwlVK7OIZre+wN55YNQMRJiAXKGbOevD5FTbDvzVz5t8AkOGO 8qmejmQ6DLvT9bm277gASxD+ERgVfg== Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org From: Hans Verkuil The "Codec Interface" chapter is poorly named since codecs are just one use-case of the Memory-to-Memory Interface. Rename it and clean up the text a bit. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil --- .../media/uapi/mediactl/request-api.rst | 4 ++-- .../v4l/{dev-codec.rst => dev-mem2mem.rst} | 21 +++++++------------ Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/devices.rst | 2 +- .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst | 2 +- Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.rst | 2 +- 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) rename Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/{dev-codec.rst => dev-mem2mem.rst} (79%) diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/mediactl/request-api.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/mediactl/request-api.rst index 4b25ad03f45a..1ad631e549fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/mediactl/request-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/mediactl/request-api.rst @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ A request must contain at least one buffer, otherwise ``ENOENT`` is returned. A queued request cannot be modified anymore. .. caution:: - For :ref:`memory-to-memory devices ` you can use requests only for + For :ref:`memory-to-memory devices ` you can use requests only for output buffers, not for capture buffers. Attempting to add a capture buffer to a request will result in an ``EACCES`` error. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if it had just been allocated. Example for a Codec Device -------------------------- -For use-cases such as :ref:`codecs `, the request API can be used +For use-cases such as :ref:`codecs `, the request API can be used to associate specific controls to be applied by the driver for the OUTPUT buffer, allowing user-space to queue many such buffers in advance. It can also take advantage of requests' diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-codec.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-mem2mem.rst similarity index 79% rename from Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-codec.rst rename to Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-mem2mem.rst index b5e017c17834..69efcc747588 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-codec.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/dev-mem2mem.rst @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ .. .. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections -.. _codec: +.. _mem2mem: -*************** -Codec Interface -*************** +******************************** +Video Memory To Memory Interface +******************************** A V4L2 codec can compress, decompress, transform, or otherwise convert video data from one format into another format, in memory. Typically @@ -25,19 +25,14 @@ memory) stream I/O. An application will have to setup the stream I/O for both sides and finally call :ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMON ` for both capture and output to start the codec. -Video compression codecs use the MPEG controls to setup their codec -parameters - -.. note:: - - The MPEG controls actually support many more codecs than - just MPEG. See :ref:`mpeg-controls`. +Video compression codecs use codec controls to setup their codec parameters. +See :ref:`mpeg-controls`. Memory-to-memory devices function as a shared resource: you can open the video node multiple times, each application setting up their -own codec properties that are local to the file handle, and each can use +own properties that are local to the file handle, and each can use it independently from the others. The driver will arbitrate access to -the codec and reprogram it whenever another file handler gets access. +the hardware and reprogram it whenever another file handler gets access. This is different from the usual video node behavior where the video properties are global to the device (i.e. changing something through one file handle is visible through another file handle). diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/devices.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/devices.rst index d6fcf3db5909..07f8d047662b 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/devices.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/devices.rst @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Interfaces dev-overlay dev-output dev-osd - dev-codec + dev-mem2mem dev-raw-vbi dev-sliced-vbi dev-radio diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst index e4c5e456df59..2675bef3eefe 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Compressed Formats - 'MG2S' - MPEG-2 parsed slice data, as extracted from the MPEG-2 bitstream. This format is adapted for stateless video decoders that implement a - MPEG-2 pipeline (using the :ref:`codec` and :ref:`media-request-api`). + MPEG-2 pipeline (using the :ref:`mem2mem` and :ref:`media-request-api`). Metadata associated with the frame to decode is required to be passed through the ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_SLICE_PARAMS`` control and quantization matrices can optionally be specified through the diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.rst index 3259168a7358..c138d149faea 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.rst @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ then ``EINVAL`` will be returned. :ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ` or calling :ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` the check for this will be reset. - For :ref:`memory-to-memory devices ` you can specify the + For :ref:`memory-to-memory devices ` you can specify the ``request_fd`` only for output buffers, not for capture buffers. Attempting to specify this for a capture buffer will result in an ``EACCES`` error. -- 2.20.1