This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
[media] videodev2.h: go back to limited range Y'CbCr for SRGB and, ADOBERGB
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
videodev2.h-go-back-to-limited-range-y-cbcr-for-srgb-and-adobergb.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 35879ee4769099905fa3bda0b21e73d434e2df6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 07:18:36 -0200
Subject: [media] videodev2.h: go back to limited range Y'CbCr for SRGB and, ADOBERGB
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 35879ee4769099905fa3bda0b21e73d434e2df6a upstream.
This reverts 'commit 7e0739cd9c40 ("[media] videodev2.h: fix
sYCC/AdobeYCC default quantization range").
The problem is that many drivers can convert R'G'B' content (often
from sensors) to Y'CbCr, but they all produce limited range Y'CbCr.
To stay backwards compatible the default quantization range for
sRGB and AdobeRGB Y'CbCr encoding should be limited range, not full
range, even though the corresponding standards specify full range.
Update the V4L2_MAP_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT define accordingly and
also update the documentation.
Fixes: 7e0739cd9c40 ("[media] videodev2.h: fix sYCC/AdobeYCC default quantization range")
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 7 +++----
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ Colorspace sRGB (V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB)
The :ref:`srgb` standard defines the colorspace used by most webcams
and computer graphics. The default transfer function is
``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_SRGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`sycc` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` enc
Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
[-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
.. _col-adobergb:
@@ -288,10 +294,15 @@ The :ref:`adobergb` standard defines the
graphics that use the AdobeRGB colorspace. This is also known as the
:ref:`oprgb` standard. The default transfer function is
``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_ADOBERGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full
-range. The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference
-are:
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited
+range.
+Note that the :ref:`oprgb` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
+The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` enc
Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
[-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
.. _col-bt2020:
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ enum v4l2_quantization {
/*
* The default for R'G'B' quantization is always full range, except
* for the BT2020 colorspace. For Y'CbCr the quantization is always
- * limited range, except for COLORSPACE_JPEG, SRGB, ADOBERGB,
- * XV601 or XV709: those are full range.
+ * limited range, except for COLORSPACE_JPEG, XV601 or XV709: those
+ * are full range.
*/
V4L2_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT = 0,
V4L2_QUANTIZATION_FULL_RANGE = 1,
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ enum v4l2_quantization {
#define V4L2_MAP_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT(is_rgb, colsp, ycbcr_enc) \
(((is_rgb) && (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_BT2020) ? V4L2_QUANTIZATION_LIM_RANGE : \
(((is_rgb) || (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 || \
- (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG) || \
- (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_ADOBERGB || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB ? \
+ (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG) ? \
V4L2_QUANTIZATION_FULL_RANGE : V4L2_QUANTIZATION_LIM_RANGE))
enum v4l2_priority {
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/videodev2.h-go-back-to-limited-range-y-cbcr-for-srgb-and-adobergb.patch