Hello Hans,
no need to thank me for working on it. First of all I do it as a part of a
summerjob, and more importantly I quite enjoy it and intend to stay a active
member of the development process after my time at Cisco is over.
Thank you for your comments.
> Most fields in this struct (and in the other structs for that matter) could
> do with some more documentation.
I added a lot of short comments explaining the meaning of the fields, and
extended the explanation part that comes before each struct definition.
> > + /** RDS info fields **/
> > + bool is_rbds; /* use RBDS standard version of LUTs */
> > + uint16_t pi;
> > + uint8_t ps[8];
>
> Looking at rds-ctl, this contains a string, please make it 9 bytes and
> always 0 terminate it! I also notice in rds-ctl that you filter the chars
> for being valid ascii and if not replace them with a space. Does the spec
> say anything about the encoding used for this string? Could we maybe
> convert it to UTF-8 inside the library so that apps can just consume the
> string?
The character encoding complies with ISO/IEC 10646, so it basically already is
UTF-8, and the data could be stored in a wchar_t array without conversion.
Is that preferred over uint8_t?
> > +/* adds a raw RDS block to decode it into RDS groups
> > + * @return: bitmask with with updated fields set to 1
> > + * @rds_data: 3 bytes of raw RDS data, obtained by calling read()
> > + * on RDS capable V4L2 devices */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC uint32_t v4l2_rds_add(struct v4l2_rds *handle, struct
> > v4l2_rds_data *rds_data);
>
> Unless I'm missing something, you are no defining struct v4l2_rds_data
> anywhere, why not just make this a uint8_t ?
The v4l2_rds_data structure is defined by v4l in the videodev2.h header, and is
returned when calling the read function on a rds capable device
On Saturday, July 28, 2012 11:08:24 AM Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all many thanks for working on this! Note I've also taken
> a quick look at the original patch with the actual implementation and that
> looks good. I'm replying here because in my mind the API is the most
> interesting thing to discuss.
>
> Comments inline.
>
> On 07/26/2012 06:21 PM, Konke Radlow wrote:
> > PATCH 1/2 was missing the public header for the rds library. I'm sorry
> > for that mistake:
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/include/libv4l2rds.h b/lib/include/libv4l2rds.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..04843d3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/include/libv4l2rds.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights
> > reserved.
> > + * Author: Konke Radlow <koradlow@xxxxxxxxx>
> > + *
> > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
> > published by
> > + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
> > + * (at your option) any later version.
> > + *
> > + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> > + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> > + *
> > + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> > + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> > + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA
> > 02110-1335 USA
> > + */
> > +
> > +#ifndef __LIBV4L2RDS
> > +#define __LIBV4L2RDS
> > +
> > +#include <errno.h>
> > +#include <stdio.h>
> > +#include <stdlib.h>
> > +#include <string.h>
> > +#include <stdbool.h>
> > +#include <unistd.h>
> > +#include <stdint.h>
> > +#include <sys/types.h>
> > +#include <sys/mman.h>
> > +
> > +#include <linux/videodev2.h>
> > +
> > +#ifdef __cplusplus
> > +extern "C" {
> > +#endif /* __cplusplus */
> > +
> > +#if __GNUC__ >= 4
> > +#define LIBV4L_PUBLIC __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
> > +#else
> > +#define LIBV4L_PUBLIC
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +/* used to define the current version (version field) of the v4l2_rds
> > struct */ +#define V4L2_RDS_VERSION (1)
> > +
> > +/* Constants used to define the size of arrays used to store RDS
> > information */
> > +#define MAX_ODA_CNT 18 /* there are 16 groups each with type a or b. Of
> > these + * 32 distinct groups, 18 can be used for ODA
purposes*/
> > +#define MAX_AF_CNT 25 /* AF Method A allows a maximum of 25 AFs to be
> > defined
> > + * AF Method B does not impose a limit on the number of AFs
> > + * but it is not fully supported at the moment and will
> > + * not receive more than 25 AFs */
> > +
> > +/* Define Constants for the possible types of RDS information
> > + * used to address the relevant bit in the valid_bitmask */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_PI 0x01 /* Program Identification */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_PTY 0x02 /* Program Type */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_TP 0x04 /* Traffic Program */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_PS 0x08 /* Program Service Name */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_TA 0x10 /* Traffic Announcement */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_DI 0x20 /* Decoder Information */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_MS 0x40 /* Music / Speech code */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_PTYN 0x80 /* Program Type Name */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_RT 0x100 /* Radio-Text */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_TIME 0x200 /* Date and Time information */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_TMC 0x400 /* TMC availability */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_AF 0x800 /* AF (alternative freq) available */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_ECC 0x1000 /* Extended County Code */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_LC 0x2000 /* Language Code */
> > +
> > +/* Define Constants for the state of the RDS decoding process
> > + * used to address the relevant bit in the state_bitmask */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_GROUP_NEW 0x01 /* New group received */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_ODA 0x02 /* Open Data Group announced */
> > +
> > +/* Decoder Information (DI) codes
> > + * used to decode the DI information according to the RDS standard */
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_FLAG_STEREO 0x01
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_FLAG_ARTIFICIAL_HEAD 0x02
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_FLAG_COMPRESSED 0x04
> > +#define V4L2_RDS_FLAG_STATIC_PTY 0x08
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate one complete RDS group */
> > +struct v4l2_rds_group {
> > + uint16_t pi;
> > + char group_version;
> > + bool traffic_prog;
> > + uint8_t group_id;
> > + uint8_t pty;
> > + uint8_t data_b_lsb;
> > + uint8_t data_c_msb;
> > + uint8_t data_c_lsb;
> > + uint8_t data_d_msb;
> > + uint8_t data_d_lsb;
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate some statistical information about the decoding
> > process */
> > +struct v4l2_rds_statistics {
> > + uint32_t block_cnt;
> > + uint32_t group_cnt;
> > + uint32_t block_error_cnt;
> > + uint32_t group_error_cnt;
> > + uint32_t block_corrected_cnt;
> > + uint32_t group_type_cnt[16];
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate the definition of one ODA (Open Data
> > Application) type */
> > +struct v4l2_rds_oda {
> > + uint8_t group_id;
> > + char group_version;
> > + uint16_t aid; /* Application Identification */
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate an array of all defined ODA types for a channel
> > */ +struct v4l2_rds_oda_set {
> > + uint8_t size;
> > + struct v4l2_rds_oda oda[MAX_ODA_CNT];
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate an array of all defined Alternative Frequencies
> > for a channel */
> > +struct v4l2_rds_af_set {
> > + uint8_t size;
> > + uint8_t announced_af; /* number of announced AF */
> > + uint32_t af[MAX_AF_CNT]; /* AFs defined in Hz */
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* struct to encapsulate state and RDS information for current decoding
> > process */
>
> Most fields in this struct (and in the other structs for that matter) could
> do with some more documentation.
>
> > +struct v4l2_rds {
> > + uint32_t version;
> > +
> > + /** state information **/
> > + uint32_t decode_information; /* defines the state of the decoding
> > process */
> > + uint32_t valid_fields; /* defines the RDS info fields that are valid
> > atm */
> > +
> > + /** RDS info fields **/
> > + bool is_rbds; /* use RBDS standard version of LUTs */
> > + uint16_t pi;
> > + uint8_t ps[8];
>
> Looking at rds-ctl, this contains a string, please make it 9 bytes and
> always 0 terminate it! I also notice in rds-ctl that you filter the chars
> for being valid ascii and if not replace them with a space. Does the spec
> say anything about the encoding used for this string? Could we maybe
> convert it to UTF-8 inside the library so that apps can just consume the
> string?
>
> > + uint8_t pty;
> > + uint8_t ptyn[8];
>
> Same remark as for ps.
>
> > + bool ptyn_ab_flag; /* PTYN A/B flag (toggled), to signal change of
> > program type */
> > + uint8_t rt_pos;
> > + uint8_t rt_length;
> > + uint8_t rt[64];
>
> Same remark as for ps.
>
> > + bool rt_ab_flag; /* RT A/B flag (toggled), to signal transmission
of
> > new RT */
> > + bool ta;
> > + bool tp;
> > + bool ms;
> > + uint8_t di;
> > + uint8_t ecc;
> > + uint8_t lc;
> > + uint32_t julian_date;
> > + uint8_t utc_hour;
> > + uint8_t utc_minute;
> > + uint8_t utc_offset;
> > +
> > + struct v4l2_rds_statistics rds_statistics;
> > + struct v4l2_rds_oda_set rds_oda;
> > + struct v4l2_rds_af_set rds_af;
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* v4l2_rds_init() - initializes a new decoding process
> > + * @rds: defines which standard is used: true=RDS, false=RBDS
> > + *
> > + * initialize a new instance of the RDS-decoding struct and return
> > + * a handle containing state and RDS information, used to interact
> > + * with the library functions */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC struct v4l2_rds *v4l2_rds_create(bool is_rds);
> > +
> > +/* frees all memory allocated for the struct */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC void v4l2_rds_destroy(struct v4l2_rds *handle);
> > +
> > +/* resets the RDS information in the handle to initial values
> > + * e.g. can be used when radio channel is changed
> > + * @reset_statistics: true = set all statistic values to 0, false =
keep
> > them untouched */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC void v4l2_rds_reset(struct v4l2_rds *handle, bool
> > reset_statistics);
> > +
> > +/* adds a raw RDS block to decode it into RDS groups
> > + * @return: bitmask with with updated fields set to 1
> > + * @rds_data: 3 bytes of raw RDS data, obtained by calling read()
> > + * on RDS capable V4L2 devices */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC uint32_t v4l2_rds_add(struct v4l2_rds *handle, struct
> > v4l2_rds_data *rds_data);
>
> Unless I'm missing something, you are no defining struct v4l2_rds_data
> anywhere, why not just make this a uint8_t ?
>
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * group of functions to translate numerical RDS data into strings
> > + *
> > + * return program description string defined in the RDS/RBDS Standard
> > + * ! return value deepens on selected Standard !*/
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC const char *v4l2_rds_get_pty_str(const struct v4l2_rds
> > *handle);
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC const char *v4l2_rds_get_language_str(const struct
> > v4l2_rds *handle);
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC const char *v4l2_rds_get_country_str(const struct v4l2_rds
> > *handle);
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC const char *v4l2_rds_get_coverage_str(const struct
> > v4l2_rds *handle);
> > +
> > +/* returns a pointer to the last decoded RDS group, in order to give raw
> > + * access to RDS data if it is required (e.g. ODA decoding) */
> > +LIBV4L_PUBLIC const struct v4l2_rds_group *v4l2_rds_get_group
> > + (const struct v4l2_rds *handle);
> > +#ifdef __cplusplus
> > +}
> > +#endif /* __cplusplus */
> > +#endif
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
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