Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] media: camss: sm8250: Virtual channels support for SM8250

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On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 01:12, Bryan O'Donoghue
<bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 13/10/2022 13:12, quic_mmitkov@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Milen Mitkov <quic_mmitkov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > For v4:
> > - fixes the warning reported by the kernel test robot
> > - tiny code change to enable the vc functionality with the partially-applied
> >    multistream patches on linux-next (tested on tag:next-20221010)
> >
> > For v3:
> > - setting the sink pad format on the CSID entity will now propagate the
> >    format to the source pads to keep the subdev in a valid internal state.
> > - code syntax improvements
> >
> > For v2:
> > - code syntax improvements
> > - The info print for the enabled VCs was demoted to a dbg print. Can be
> >    enabled with dynamic debug, e.g.:
> > echo "file drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/* +p" > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
> >
> > NOTE: These changes depend on the multistream series, that as of yet
> > is still not merged upstream. However, part of the
> > multistream patches are merged in linux-next (tested on
> > tag:next-20221010), including the patch that introduces the
> > video_device_pipeline_alloc_start() functionality. This allows
> > applying and using this series on linux-next without applying the
> > complete multistream set.
> >
> > The CSID hardware on SM8250 can demux the input data stream into
> > maximum of 4 multiple streams depending on virtual channel (vc)
> > or data type (dt) configuration.
> >
> > Situations in which demuxing is useful:
> > - HDR sensors that produce a 2-frame HDR output, e.g. a light and a dark frame
> >    (the setup we used for testing, with the imx412 sensor),
> >    or a 3-frame HDR output - light, medium-lit, dark frame.
> > - sensors with additional metadata that is streamed over a different
> >    virtual channel/datatype.
> > - sensors that produce frames with multiple resolutions in the same pixel
> >    data stream
> >
> > With these changes, the CSID entity has, as it did previously, a single
> > sink port (0), and always exposes 4 source ports (1, 2,3, 4). The
> > virtual channel configuration is determined by which of the source ports
> > are linked to an output VFE line. For example, the link below will
> > configure the CSID driver to enable vc 0 and vc 1:
> >
> > media-ctl -l '"msm_csid0":1->"msm_vfe0_rdi0":0[1]'
> > media-ctl -l '"msm_csid0":2->"msm_vfe0_rdi1":0[1]'
> >
> > which will be demuxed and propagated into /dev/video0
> > and /dev/video1 respectively. With this, the userspace can use
> > any normal V4L2 client app to start/stop/queue/dequeue from these
> > video nodes. Tested with the yavta app.
> >
> > The format of each RDI channel of the used VFE(s) (msm_vfe0_rdi0,
> > msm_vfe0_rdi1,...) must also be configured explicitly.
> >
> > Note that in order to keep a valid internal subdevice state,
> > setting the sink pad format of the CSID subdevice will propagate
> > this format to the source pads. However, since the CSID hardware
> > can demux the input stream into several streams each of which can
> > be a different format, in that case each source pad's
> > format must be set individually, e.g.:
> >
> > media-ctl -V '"msm_csid0":1[fmt:SRGGB10/3840x2160]'
> > media-ctl -V '"msm_csid0":2[fmt:SRGGB10/960x540]'
> >
> > Milen Mitkov (4):
> >    media: camss: sm8250: Virtual channels for CSID
> >    media: camss: vfe: Reserve VFE lines on stream start and link to CSID
> >    media: camss: vfe-480: Multiple outputs support for SM8250
> >    media: camss: sm8250: Pipeline starting and stopping for multiple
> >      virtual channels
> >
> >   .../platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid-gen2.c     | 54 ++++++++++------
> >   .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid.c    | 44 +++++++++----
> >   .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-csid.h    | 11 +++-
> >   .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe-480.c | 61 ++++++++++++-------
> >   drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-vfe.c |  7 +++
> >   .../media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-video.c   | 21 ++++++-
> >   drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c     |  2 +-
> >   7 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> >
>
> I've done some offline work with Milen on this.
>
> I'm happy enough to add my
>
> Tested-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> to the series. I don't have - currently a VC enabled setup but for the
> simple case this set doesn't break anything on RB5 for me.
>
> ---
> bod

This series has my ack.

Acked-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@xxxxxxxxxx>



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