Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH 0/1] cameraif: Add ABI for para-virtualized

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Hi Oleksandr,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 12:31:41 EEST Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hello!
> 
> At the moment Xen [1] already supports some virtual multimedia
> features [2] such as virtual display, sound. It supports keyboards,
> pointers and multi-touch devices all allowing Xen to be used in
> automotive appliances, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems
> and many more.
> 
> This work adds a new Xen para-virtualized protocol for a virtual
> camera device which extends multimedia capabilities of Xen even
> farther: video conferencing, IVI, high definition maps etc.
> 
> The initial goal is to support most needed functionality with the
> final idea to make it possible to extend the protocol if need be:
> 
> 1. Provide means for base virtual device configuration:
>  - pixel formats
>  - resolutions
>  - frame rates
> 2. Support basic camera controls:
>  - contrast
>  - brightness
>  - hue
>  - saturation
> 3. Support streaming control
> 4. Support zero-copying use-cases
> 
> I hope that Xen and V4L and other communities could give their
> valuable feedback on this work, so I can update the protocol
> to better fit any additional requirements I might have missed.

I'll start with a question : what are the expected use cases ? The ones listed 
above sound like they would better be solved by passing the corresponding 
device(s) to the guest.

> [1] https://www.xenproject.org/
> [2] https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=tree;f=xen/include/public/io
> 
> Oleksandr Andrushchenko (1):
>   cameraif: add ABI for para-virtual camera
> 
>  xen/include/public/io/cameraif.h | 981 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 981 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 xen/include/public/io/cameraif.h

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart






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