On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:21:07 -0300
Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Jonas,
>
> In the context of the uAPI cleanup,
> I'm revisiting this patch.
>
> On Sun, 2019-09-01 at 12:45 +0000, Jonas Karlman wrote:
> > Add DPB entry flags to help indicate when a reference frame is a field picture
> > and how the DPB entry is referenced, top or bottom field or full frame.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlman <jonas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
> > include/media/h264-ctrls.h | 4 ++++
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> > index bc5dd8e76567..eb6c32668ad7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> > @@ -2022,6 +2022,18 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
> > * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM``
> > - 0x00000004
> > - The DPB entry is a long term reference frame
> > + * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD_PICTURE``
> > + - 0x00000008
> > + - The DPB entry is a field picture
> > + * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_TOP``
> > + - 0x00000010
> > + - The DPB entry is a top field reference
> > + * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_BOTTOM``
> > + - 0x00000020
> > + - The DPB entry is a bottom field reference
> > + * - ``V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_FRAME``
> > + - 0x00000030
> > + - The DPB entry is a reference frame
> >
> > ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE (enum)``
> > Specifies the decoding mode to use. Currently exposes slice-based and
> > diff --git a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> > index e877bf1d537c..76020ebd1e6c 100644
> > --- a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> > +++ b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> > @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params {
> > #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_VALID 0x01
> > #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE 0x02
> > #define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM 0x04
> > +#define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD_PICTURE 0x08
> > +#define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_TOP 0x10
> > +#define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_BOTTOM 0x20
> > +#define V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_REF_FRAME 0x30
> >
>
> I've been going thru the H264 spec and I'm unsure,
> are all these flags semantically needed?
>
> For instance, if one of REF_BOTTOM or REF_TOP (or both)
> are set, doesn't that indicate it's a field picture?
>
> Or conversely, if neither REF_BOTTOM or REF_TOP are set,
> then it's a frame picture?
I think that's what I was trying to do here [1]
[1]https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11392095/
