On Friday, April 30, 2021 03:48 -03, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just posted the pull request to move the MPEG-2 stateless codec API out of staging, > so after that only the HEVC stateless codec API is still in staging. > > I think it is time to move the stateless codec drivers out of staging, and use a > kernel config option to enable/disable the staging HEVC API: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig > index ca59986b20f8..faa2fbeb29f0 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig > @@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ if STAGING_MEDIA && MEDIA_SUPPORT > # Please keep them in alphabetic order > source "drivers/staging/media/atomisp/Kconfig" > > +menuconfig STAGING_MEDIA_HEVC > + bool "Support HEVC in stateless codec drivers" > + default n > + help > + This option allows you to enable support for the HEVC codec in > + stateless codec drivers. The public API for HEVC is still under > + development and is guaranteed to change in the future, so this > + option should not be enabled unless you know what you are doing! > + > source "drivers/staging/media/hantro/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/staging/media/imx/Kconfig" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is there any reason why hantro cannot be moved to mainline? It doesn't > support HEVC, so it can just be moved. Ezequiel, can you check the TODO? > I don't think there is anything there that prevents moving it. > Hantro HEVC patches are posted :-) > Same question for rkvdec, that too looks ready to move over to mainline. > These drivers are used in production, so moving out of staging sounds great. Note that we have some patches for Hantro (SAMA5 support and HEVC support). I wouldn't want to ask a rebase for these, so can we first merge them and then move? It all sounds doable in the next cycle. Thanks a lot! Ezequiel
