Re: [PATCH v3 00/29] Qualcomm iris video decoder driver

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Hi,

Le lundi 02 septembre 2024 à 03:02 +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov a écrit :
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 04:18:35PM GMT, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > > The result of v4l2-compliance test on SM8250:
> > > 
> > > v4l2-compliance 1.29.0-5239, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t
> > > v4l2-compliance SHA: a1ebb4dad512 2024-08-08 20:00:17
> > > 
> > > Compliance test for iris_driver device /dev/video0:
> > > 
> > > Driver Info:
> > >          Driver name      : iris_driver
> > >          Card type        : iris_decoder
> > 
> > Hmm, so this is decoder only ?
> > 
> > What's the intention here for encoding support ?
> > 
> > I've verified your results on the test branch but I just noticed that sm8250
> > with the iris driver is decoder only - whereas the venus driver does both,
> > which strikes me as a bit odd.
> 
> I think we all have discussed this during the review of the previous
> series: complete driver becomes very huge and complicated to review. So
> the recommendation was to submit the limited features driver (decoding,
> 1 codec) and get more features (more codecs, encoding support, etc)
> after getting the Iris driver in. Of course sm8250 support in Venus
> driver will stay in until Iris driver reaches feature parity.

And demonstrated backward compatibility. Just mentioning, since flipping default
driver could theoretically break userspace, and that is a big no no. As
maintainers won't run your HW, it will work on trust, and users report. But you
have to be convincing.

> > 
> > Is your intention to publish more patches to enable the encoder in another
> > series ?

I think this was the real question, any reason not immediately replying ? What
I'm hoping is an answer in the form "yes" + some ETA.

Nicolas

> > 
> > ---
> > bod
> 






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