Document the MIPI CCS driver and the C register definition generator. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- .../driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs.rst | 82 +++++++++++++++++++ .../driver-api/media/drivers/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs.rst diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9164c9fa8b42 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause + +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +MIPI CCS camera sensor driver +============================= + +The MIPI CCS camera sensor driver is a generic driver for `MIPI CCS +<https://www.mipi.org/specifications/camera-command-set>`_ compliant +camera sensors. It exposes three sub-devices representing the pixel array, +the binner and the scaler. + +As the capabilities of individual devices vary, the driver exposes +interfaces based on the capabilities that exist in hardware. + +Pixel Array sub-device +---------------------- + +The pixel array sub-device represents the camera sensor's pixel matrix, as well +as analogue crop functionality present in many compliant devices. The analogue +crop is configured using the ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP`` on the source pad (0) of the +entity. The size of the pixel matrix can be obtained by getting the +``V4L2_SEL_TGT_NATIVE_SIZE`` target. + +Binner +------ + +The binner sub-device represents the binning functionality on the sensor. For +that purpose, selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE`` is supported on the +sink pad (0). + +Additionally, if a device has no scaler or digital crop functionality, the +source pad (1) expses another digital crop selection rectangle that can only +crop at the end of the lines and frames. + +Scaler +------ + +The scaler sub-device represents the digital crop and scaling functionality of +the sensor. The V4L2 selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP`` is used to +configure the digital crop on the sink pad (0) when digital crop is supported. +Scaling is configured using selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE`` on the +sink pad (0) as well. + +Additionally, if the scaler sub-device exists, its source pad (1) exposes +another digital crop selection rectangle that can only crop at the end of the +lines and frames. + +Digital and analogue crop +------------------------- + +Digital crop functionality is referred to as cropping that effectively works by +dropping some data on the floor. Analogue crop, on the other hand, means that +the cropped information is never retrieved. In case of camera sensors, the +analogue data is never read from the pixel matrix that are outside the +configured selection rectangle that designates crop. The difference has an +effect in device timing and likely also in power consumption. + +Register definition generator +----------------------------- + +The ccs-regs.txt file contains MIPI CCS register definitions that are used +to produce C source code files for definitions that can be better used by +programs written in C language. As there are many dependencies between the +produced files, please do not modify them manually as it's error-prone and +in vain, but instead change the script producing them. + +Usage +~~~~~ + +Conventionally the script is called this way to update the CCS driver +definitions: + +.. code-block:: none + + $ Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/mk-ccs-regs -k \ + -e drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-regs.h \ + -L drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-limits.h \ + -l drivers/media/i2c/ccs/ccs-limits.c \ + -c Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/ccs/ccs-regs.txt + +**Copyright** |copy| 2020 Intel Corporation diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/index.rst index eb7011782863..426cda633bf0 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/index.rst @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Video4Linux (V4L) drivers tuners vimc-devel zoran + ccs/ccs Digital TV drivers -- 2.27.0
