Re: [PATCH 0/3] Handling of reduced FPS in V4L2

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi Hans,


On 21-03-2017 11:49, Jose Abreu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a follow up patch from this discussion [1]. It should be
> seen more as a starting point to introduce better handling of
> time per frame in v4l2. Quoting Hans Verkuil from [1]:
>
> 1) "Add a flag V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS. If set,
> then the hw can detect the difference between regular fps
> and 1000/1001 fps. Note: this is only valid for timings of
> VIC codes with the V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_REDUCE_FPS flag set."
>
> 2) "Allow V4L2_DV_FL_REDUCED_FPS to be used for receivers
> if V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS is set."
>
> 3) "For standard VIC codes the pixelclock returned by
> query_dv_timings is that of the corresponding VIC timing,
> not what is measured. This will ensure fixed fps values"
>
> 4) "g_parm should calculate the fps based on the v4l2_bt_timings
> struct, looking at the REDUCES_FPS flags. For those receivers that
> cannot detect the difference, the fps will be 24/30/60 Hz, for
> those that can detect the difference g_parm can check if both
> V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS and V4L2_DV_FL_REDUCED_FPS are
> set and reduce the fps by 1000/1001."
>
> -----------
> In terms of implementation:
> 	- Point 1) is done in patch 1/3
> 	- Point 2) and 3) should be done by a HDMI Receiver driver
> 	(I think?).
> 	- Point 4) is done in patch 2/3.
> 	- The patch 3/3 is a simple implementation (which was not
> 	tested) in the cobalt driver
> -----------
> 	
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9609441/
>
> Best regards,
> Jose Miguel Abreu
>
> Cc: Carlos Palminha <palminha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Jose Abreu (3):
>   [media] videodev2.h: Add new DV flag CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS
>   [media] v4l2-dv-timings: Introduce v4l2_calc_timeperframe helper
>   [media] cobalt: Use v4l2_calc_timeperframe helper
>
>  drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-v4l2.c    |  9 +++++--
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dv-timings.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/media/v4l2-dv-timings.h           | 11 +++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h            |  7 ++++++
>  4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Can you please review this series, when possible? And if you
could test it on cobalt it would be great :)

Best regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Input]     [Video for Linux]     [Gstreamer Embedded]     [Mplayer Users]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Yosemite Backpacking]
  Powered by Linux