Re: [RFC] Media Controller Capture driver for DM365

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Hi Manjunath,

On Wednesday 27 April 2011 16:14:03 Hadli, Manjunath wrote:
> Introduction
> ------------
> This is the proposal of the initial version of design and implementation 
> of the DM365 VPFE (Video Port Front End) drivers
> using Media Controloler , the initial version which supports
> the following:
> 1) dm365 vpfe
> 2) ccdc,previewer,resizer,h3a,af blocks
> 3) supports both continuous and single-shot modes
> 4) supports user pointer exchange and memory mapped modes for buffer
> allocation
> 
> This driver bases its design on Laurent Pinchart's Media Controller Design
> whose patches for Media Controller and subdev enhancements form the base.
> The driver also takes copious elements taken from Laurent Pinchart and
> others' OMAP ISP driver based on Media Controller. So thank you all the
> people who are responsible for the Media Controller and the OMAP ISP
> driver.

You're welcome.

> Also, the core functionality of the driver comes from the arago vpfe
> capture driver of which the CCDC capture was based on V4L2, with other
> drivers like Previwer, and Resizer.
> 
> The specification for DM365 can be found here:
> dm365  vpfe: http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/sprufg8c
> 
> The initial version of the  driver implementation can be found here:
> 
> http://git.linuxtv.org/mhadli/v4l-dvb-davinci_devices.git?a=shortlog;h=refs
> /heads/mc_release

I'll try to review the code, but I got the DM644x V4L2 display driver on my 
todo-list first :-)

> Driver Design: Main entities
> ----------------------------
> The hardware modules for dm355,dm365 are mainly ipipe, ipipeif,isif. These
> hardware modules are generically exposed to the user level in the for of
> dm6446 style modules. Mainly -
> ccdc, previewer, resizer in addition to the other histogram and
> auto color/white balance correction and auto focus modules.

I'm curious, why do you name the modules CCDC and previewer in the code, when 
they're called ISIF, IPIPEIF and IPIPE in the documentation ? That's quite 
confusing.

> 1)MT9P031 sensor  module for RAW capture
> 2)TVP7002 decoder module for HD inputs
> 3)TVP514x decoder module for SD inputs
> 4)CCDC capture module
> 5)Previewer Module for Bayer to YUV conversion
> 6)Resizer Module for scaling
> 
> Connection for on-the-fly capture
> ---------------------------------
> Mt9P031 ------>CCDC--->Previewer(optional)--->Resizer(optional)--->Video
> 
> TVP7002 ---
> 
> TV514x  ---
> 
> File Organisation
> -----------------
> 
> main driver files
> ----------------
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_capture.c
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_capture.h
> 
> Instantiatiation of the v4l2 device, media device and all  subdevs from
> here.
> 
> video Interface files
> ---------------------
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_video.c
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_video.h
> 
> Implements all the v4l2 video operations with a generic implementation for
> continuous and one shot mode.
> 
> subdev interface files
> ----------------------
> These file implement the subdev interface functionality for
> each of the subdev entities - mainly the entry points and their
> implementations in a IP generic way.
> 
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_ccdc.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_previewer.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_resizer.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_af.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/vpfe_aew.c
> drivers/media/video/mt9p031.c
> drivers/media/video/tvp514x.c
> drivers/media/video/tvp7002.c
> drivers/media/video/ths7353.c
> 
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_ccdc.h
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_previewer.h
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_resizer.h
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_af.h
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_aew.h
> include/media/tvp514x.h
> drivers/media/video/tvp514x_regs.h
> include/media/tvp7002.h
> drivers/media/video/tvp7002_reg.h
> 
> core implementation files
> -------------------------
> These provide a core implementation routines for ccdc, ipipeif,
> ipipe,aew, af, resizer hardware modules.
> 
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_ccdc.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_ipipe.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_def_para.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_ipipe_hw.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm3xx_ipipe.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_aew.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_af.c
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_a3_hw.c

Why don't you combine the davinci/vpfe_*.c files with the davinci/dm365_*.c 
files ? What's the reason for splitting functionality between vpfe_ccdc.c and 
dm365_ccdc.c for instance ?

> include/media/davinci/imp_common.h
> include/media/davinci/dm365_ccdc.h
> include/media/davinci/dm365_ipipe.h
> include/media/davinci/imp_hw_if.h
> include/media/davinci/dm3xx_ipipe.h
> include/media/davinci/dm365_aew.h
> include/media/davinci/dm365_af.h
> include/media/davinci/dm365_a3_hw.h
> include/media/davinci/vpfe_types.h
> 
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_ccdc_regs.h
> drivers/media/video/davinci/ccdc_hw_device.h
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_def_para.h
> drivers/media/video/davinci/dm365_ipipe_hw.h
> 
> TODOs:
> ======
> 
> 1. Support NV12/YUYV format
> 2. Support more than 1 buffer for single-shot mode
> 3. Enable Resizer-B
> 4. Remove duplicate format setting in ipipe
> 5. Remove function declarations in dm365_ipipe.c by removing function
> pointer table
> 6. Remove function declarations in dm365_ccdc.c by removing function pointer
> table
> 7. Make multilevel previewer module ioctl into single level
> 8. Move kernel only headers into drivers/media/video/davinci from
> include/media/davinci

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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