Hi Tomasz! Some comments below... On Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:44:17 Tomasz Stanislawski wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This patch-set introduces new ioctls to V4L2 API. The new method for > configuration of cropping and composition is presented. > > This is the second version of extcrop RFC. It was enriched with new features > like additional hint flags, and a support for auxiliary crop/compose > rectangles. > > There is some confusion in understanding of a cropping in current version of > V4L2. For CAPTURE devices cropping refers to choosing only a part of input > data stream and processing it and storing it in a memory buffer. The buffer is > fully filled by data. It is not possible to choose only a part of a buffer for > being updated by hardware. > > In case of OUTPUT devices, the whole content of a buffer is passed by hardware > to output display. Cropping means selecting only a part of an output > display/signal. It is not possible to choose only a part for a memory buffer > to be processed. > > The overmentioned flaws in cropping API were discussed in post: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/28945 > > A solution was proposed during brainstorming session in Warsaw. > > > 1. Data structures. > > The structure v4l2_crop used by current API lacks any place for further > extensions. Therefore new structure is proposed. > > struct v4l2_selection { > u32 type; > u32 target; > struct v4l2_rect r; > u32 flags; > u32 reserved[9]; > }; > > Where, > type - type of buffer queue: V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE, > V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT, etc. > target - choose one of cropping/composing rectangles > r - selection rectangle > flags - control over coordinates adjustments > reserved - place for further extensions, adjust struct size to 64 bytes > > At first, the distinction between cropping and composing was stated. The > cropping operation means choosing only part of input data bounding it by a > cropping rectangle. All other data must be discarded. On the other hand, > composing means pasting processed data into rectangular part of data sink. The > sink may be output device, user buffer, etc. > > > 2. Crop/Compose ioctl. > Four new ioctls would be added to V4L2. > > Name > VIDIOC_S_EXTCROP - set cropping rectangle on an input of a device > > Synopsis > int ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_EXTCROP, struct v4l2_selection *s) > > Description: > The ioctl is used to configure: > - for input devices, a part of input data that is processed in hardware > - for output devices, a part of a data buffer to be passed to hardware > Drivers may adjust a cropping area. The adjustment can be controlled > by v4l2_selection::flags. Please refer to Hints section. > - an adjusted crop rectangle is returned in v4l2_selection::r > > Return value > On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set > appropriately: > ERANGE - failed to find a rectangle that satisfy all constraints > EINVAL - incorrect buffer type, incorrect target, cropping not supported > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Name > VIDIOC_G_EXTCROP - get cropping rectangle on an input of a device > > Synopsis > int ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_EXTCROP, struct v4l2_selection *s) > > Description: > The ioctl is used to query: > - for input devices, a part of input data that is processed in hardware > Other crop rectangles might be examined using this ioctl. > Please refer to Targets section. > - for output devices, a part of data buffer to be passed to hardware > > Return value > On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set > appropriately: > EINVAL - incorrect buffer type, incorrect target, cropping not supported > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Name > VIDIOC_S_COMPOSE - set destination rectangle on an output of a device > > Synopsis > int ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_COMPOSE, struct v4l2_selection *s) > > Description: > The ioctl is used to configure: > - for input devices, a part of a data buffer that is filled by hardware > - for output devices, a area on output device where image is inserted > Drivers may adjust a composing area. The adjustment can be controlled > by v4l2_selection::flags. Please refer to Hints section. > - an adjusted composing rectangle is returned in v4l2_selection::r > > Return value > On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set > appropriately: > ERANGE - failed to find a rectangle that satisfy all constraints > EINVAL - incorrect buffer type, incorrect target, composing not supported > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Name > VIDIOC_G_COMPOSE - get destination rectangle on an output of a device > > Synopsis > int ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_COMPOSE, struct v4l2_selection *s) > > Description: > The ioctl is used to query: > - for input devices, a part of a data buffer that is filled by hardware > Other compose rectangles might be examined using this ioctl. > Please refer to Targets section. > - for output devices, a area on output device where image is inserted > > Return value > On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set > appropriately: > EINVAL - incorrect buffer type, incorrect target, composing not supported > > > 3. Hints > > The v4l2_selection::flags field is used to give a driver a hint about > coordinate adjustments. Below one can find the proposition of adjustment > flags. The syntax is V4L2_SEL_{name}_{LE/GE}, where {name} refer to a field in > struct v4l2_rect. Two additional properties exist 'right' and 'bottom'. The > refer to respectively: left + width, and top + height. The LE is abbreviation > from "lesser or equal". It prevents the driver form increasing a parameter. In > similar fashion GE means "greater or equal" and it disallows decreasing. > Combining LE and GE flags prevents the driver from any adjustments of > parameters. In such a manner, setting flags field to zero would give a driver > a free hand in coordinate adjustment. > > #define V4L2_SEL_WIDTH_GE 0x00000001 > #define V4L2_SEL_WIDTH_LE 0x00000002 > #define V4L2_SEL_HEIGHT_GE 0x00000004 > #define V4L2_SEL_HEIGHT_LE 0x00000008 > #define V4L2_SEL_LEFT_GE 0x00000010 > #define V4L2_SEL_LEFT_LE 0x00000020 > #define V4L2_SEL_TOP_GE 0x00000040 > #define V4L2_SEL_TOP_LE 0x00000080 > #define V4L2_SEL_RIGHT_GE 0x00000100 > #define V4L2_SEL_RIGHT_LE 0x00000200 > #define V4L2_SEL_BOTTOM_GE 0x00000400 > #define V4L2_SEL_BOTTOM_LE 0x00000800 > > #define V4L2_SEL_WIDTH_FIXED 0x00000003 > #define V4L2_SEL_HEIGHT_FIXED 0x0000000c > #define V4L2_SEL_LEFT_FIXED 0x00000030 > #define V4L2_SEL_TOP_FIXED 0x000000c0 > #define V4L2_SEL_RIGHT_FIXED 0x00000300 > #define V4L2_SEL_BOTTOM_FIXED 0x00000c00 > > #define V4L2_SEL_FIXED 0x00000fff > > The hint flags may be useful in a following scenario. There is a sensor with a > face detection functionality. An application receives information about a > position of a face on sensor array. Assume that the camera pipeline is capable > of an image scaling. The application is capable of obtaining a location of a > face using V4L2 controls. The task it to grab only part of image that contains > a face, and store it to a framebuffer at a fixed window. Therefore following > constrains have to be satisfied: > - the rectangle that contains a face must lay inside cropping area > - hardware is allowed only to access area inside window on the framebuffer > > Both constraints could be satisfied with two ioctl calls. > - VIDIOC_EXTCROP with flags field equal to > V4L2_SEL_TOP_LE | V4L2_SEL_LEFT_LE | > V4L2_SEL_RIGHT_GE | V4L2_SEL_BOTTOM_GE. > - VIDIOC_COMPOSE with flags field equal to > V4L2_SEL_TOP_FIXED | V4L2_SEL_LEFT_FIXED | > V4L2_SEL_WIDTH_LE | V4L2_SEL_HEIGHT_LE > > Feel free to add a new flag if necessary. While this is very flexible, I am a bit concerned about the complexity this would introduce in a driver. I think I would want to see this actually implemented in a driver first. I suspect that some utility functions are probably needed. > > > 4. Targets > The cropping/composing subsystem may use auxiliary rectangles other than a > normal cropping rectangle. The field v4l2_selection::target is used to choose > the rectangle. This functionality was added to simulate VIDIOC_CROPCAP ioctl. > All cropcap fields except pixel aspect are supported. I noticed that there was > discussion about pixel aspect and I am not convinced that it should be a part > of the cropping API. Please refer to the post: > http://lists-archives.org/video4linux/22837-need-vidioc_cropcap-clarification.html > > Proposed targets are: > - active - numerical value 0, an area that is processed by hardware > - default - is the suggested active rectangle that covers the "whole picture" > - bounds - the limits that active rectangle cannot exceed > > V4L2_SEL_TARGET_ACTIVE = 0 > V4L2_SEL_TARGET_DEFAULT = 1 > V4L2_SEL_TARGET_BOUNDS = 2 > > Feel free to add other targets. > > Only V4L2_SEL_TARGET_ACTIVE is accepted for VIDIOC_S_EXTCROP/VIDIOC_S_COMPOSE > ioctls. Auxiliary target like DEFAULT and BOUNDS are supported only by 'get' > interface. Sorry, but I really don't like this idea of a target. It doesn't make sense to add this when you can only choose a different target for a get. I think a EXTCROPCAP/COMPOSECAP pair (or a single CROPCOMPOSECAP ioctl, see below) makes more sense. > > > 5. Possible improvements and extensions. > - combine composing and cropping ioctl into a single ioctl I think this could be very interesting. By doing this in a single ioctl you should have all the information needed to setup a scaler. And with the hints you can tell the driver how the input/output rectangles need to be adjusted. This would make sense as well on the subdev level. Laurent, wouldn't this solve the way the omap3 ISP sets up the scaler? By fixing the output of the scaler and setting hints to allow changes to the input crop rectangle we would fix the scaler setup issues we discussed in Warsaw. > - add subpixel resolution > * hardware is often capable of subpixel processing. The ioctl triple > S_EXTCROP, S_SCALE, S_COMPOSE can be converted to S_EXTCROP and S_COMPOSE > pair if a subpixel resolution is supported I'm not sure I understand this. Can you give an example? > - merge v4l2_selection::target and v4l2_selection::flags into single field > - allow using VIDIOC_S_EXTCROP with target type V4L2_SEL_TARGET_BOUNDS to > choose a resolution of a sensor Too obscure IMHO. That said, it would be nice to have a more explicit method of selecting a sensor resolution. You can enumerate them, but you choose it using VIDIOC_S_FMT, which I've always thought was very dubious. This prevents any sensor-built-in scalers from being used. For video you have S_STD and S_DV_PRESET that select a particular input resolution, but a similar ioctl is missing for sensors. Laurent, what are your thoughts? > - add TRY flag to ask a driver to adjust a rectangle without applying it Don't use a flag, use TRY_EXTCROP and TRY_COMPOSE, just like the other try ioctls. Otherwise I'm in favor of this. Regards, Hans > > What it your opinion about proposed solutions? > > Looking for a reply, > > Best regards, > Tomasz Stanislawski > > > Tomasz Stanislawski (2): > v4l: add support for extended crop/compose API > v4l: simulate old crop API using extcrop/compose > > drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c | 4 + > drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > include/linux/videodev2.h | 44 +++++++++ > include/media/v4l2-ioctl.h | 8 ++ > 4 files changed, 194 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
