From: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>
To: Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@quicinc.com>,
Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@linux.dev>,
Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Stefan Schmidt <stefan.schmidt@linaro.org>,
Vedang Nagar <quic_vnagar@quicinc.com>,
"Hans Verkuil" <hverkuil@kernel.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Renjiang Han <quic_renjiang@quicinc.com>,
Wangao Wang <quic_wangaow@quicinc.com>,
Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 00/26] Enable H.264/H.265 encoder support and fixes in iris driver common code
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:30:24 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250825-iris-video-encoder-v4-0-84aa2bc0a46b@quicinc.com> (raw)
Hi All,
This patch series adds support for H.264 and H.265 encoder in iris
driver and includes a few fixes and cleanup in the common code that were
identified during encoder bring-up process.
The changes include:
- Enabling support for H.264 and H.265 encoding.
- Fixes and improvements in shared componenets used by both encoder and
decoder paths.
- Ensuring compatibility and stability with the existing decoder flow.
Changes in v4:
- Removed the fixes tag from patch 02/26 (Bryan)
- Fixed the non comv buffer size calculation.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820-iris-video-encoder-v3-0-80ab0ba58b3d@quicinc.com
Changes in v3:
- Fixed the log when destroying the interanl buffers (Jorge)
- Updated commit text with issue details in patch 05/25 (Krzysztof)
- Added a patch to simplify conditional logic in stop handling for hfi gen1 (Bryan)
- Reduced duplicate code while registering video devices (Bryan)
- Added a fix for try fmt handling in decoder (Self)
- Fixed the value of max core mbps for qcs8300 (Vikash)
- Simplied the frame rate handling in driver by using non q16 format and
converted to q16 when setting to firmware (Vikash)
- Fixed the issue with bitstream resolution setting to firmware (Neil)
- Addressed other review comments (Vikash, Bryan)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250813-iris-video-encoder-v2-0-c725ff673078@quicinc.com
Changes in v2:
- Fixed sparse/coccinnelle issues.
- Fixed the kernel doc warning.
- Removed unsupported PEAK_BITRATE property from SM8250.
- Dropped patch 04/25 to fix quality issue with encoder.
- Enhanced command handling for encoder to allow start/stop commands.
- Expanded rate control condition checks to include additional rate
control types for HFI Gen2.
- Updated default value to MAX_QP for all caps related to max QP settings.
- Add support for INPUT/OUTPUT_BUF_HOST_MAX_COUNT caps for encoder.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250704-iris-video-encoder-v1-0-b6ce24e273cf@quicinc.com
All patches have been tested with v4l2-compliance, v4l2-ctl and
Gstreamer on SM8250 and SM8550 for encoder, at the same time ensured
that the existing decoder functionality remains uneffected.
Commands used for V4l2-ctl validation:
v4l2-ctl --verbose --set-fmt-video-out=width=1280,height=720,pixelformat=NV12
--set-selection-output target=crop,top=0,left=0,width=1280,height=720
--set-fmt-video=pixelformat=H264 --stream-mmap --stream-out-mmap
--stream-from=/media/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.yuv
--stream-to=/tmp/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.h264 -d /dev/video1
v4l2-ctl --verbose --set-fmt-video-out=width=1280,height=720,pixelformat=NV12
--set-selection-output target=crop,top=0,left=0,width=1280,height=720
--set-fmt-video=pixelformat=HEVC --stream-mmap --stream-out-mmap
--stream-from=/media/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.yuv
--stream-to=/tmp/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.hevc -d /dev/video1
Commands used for GST validation:
gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=/media/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.yuv !
rawvideoparse format=nv12 width=1280 height=720 framerate=30/1 ! v4l2h264enc
capture-io-mode=4 output-io-mode=4 ! filesink sync=true
location=/tmp/gst_cyclists_1280x720_92frames.h264
gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=/media/cyclists_1280x720_92frames.yuv !
rawvideoparse format=nv12 width=1280 height=720 framerate=30/1 ! v4l2h265enc
capture-io-mode=4 output-io-mode=4 ! filesink sync=true
location=/tmp/gst_cyclists_1280x720_92frames.hevc
The result of v4l2-compliance on SM8550:
v4l2-compliance 1.29.0-5270, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t
v4l2-compliance SHA: dc947661089e 2024-11-11 10:25:38
Compliance test for iris_driver device /dev/video1:
Driver Info:
Driver name : iris_driver
Card type : Iris Encoder
Bus info : platform:aa00000.video-codec
Driver version : 6.16.0
Capabilities : 0x84204000
Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04204000
Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Detected Stateful Encoder
Required ioctls:
test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
test invalid ioctls: OK
Allow for multiple opens:
test second /dev/video1 open: OK
test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY: OK
test for unlimited opens: OK
Debug ioctls:
test VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS: OK (Not Supported)
Input ioctls:
test VIDIOC_G/S_TUNER/ENUM_FREQ_BANDS: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMINPUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
Inputs: 0 Audio Inputs: 0 Tuners: 0
Output ioctls:
test VIDIOC_G/S_MODULATOR: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMOUTPUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
Outputs: 0 Audio Outputs: 0 Modulators: 0
Input/Output configuration ioctls:
test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_EDID: OK (Not Supported)
Control ioctls:
test VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL/QUERYMENU: OK
test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: OK
test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
Standard Controls: 37 Private Controls: 0
Format ioctls:
test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK
test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
test Cropping: OK
test Composing: OK (Not Supported)
test Scaling: OK (Not Supported)
Codec ioctls:
test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK
test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
Buffer ioctls:
test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK
test CREATE_BUFS maximum buffers: OK
test VIDIOC_REMOVE_BUFS: OK
test VIDIOC_EXPBUF: OK
test Requests: OK (Not Supported)
test blocking wait: OK
Test input 0:
Streaming ioctls:
test read/write: OK (Not Supported)
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (select, REQBUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (epoll, REQBUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (select, CREATE_BUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (epoll, CREATE_BUFS): OK
test USERPTR (select): OK (Not Supported)
test DMABUF: Cannot test, specify --expbuf-device
Total for iris_driver device /dev/video1: 54, Succeeded: 54, Failed: 0, Warnings: 0
The result of v4l2-compliance on SM8250:
v4l2-compliance 1.29.0-5270, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t
v4l2-compliance SHA: dc947661089e 2024-11-11 10:25:38
Compliance test for iris_driver device /dev/video1:
Driver Info:
Driver name : iris_driver
Card type : Iris Encoder
Bus info : platform:aa00000.video-codec
Driver version : 6.16.0
Capabilities : 0x84204000
Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04204000
Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Detected Stateful Encoder
Required ioctls:
test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
test invalid ioctls: OK
Allow for multiple opens:
test second /dev/video1 open: OK
test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY: OK
test for unlimited opens: OK
Debug ioctls:
test VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS: OK (Not Supported)
Input ioctls:
test VIDIOC_G/S_TUNER/ENUM_FREQ_BANDS: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMINPUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
Inputs: 0 Audio Inputs: 0 Tuners: 0
Output ioctls:
test VIDIOC_G/S_MODULATOR: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMOUTPUT: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
Outputs: 0 Audio Outputs: 0 Modulators: 0
Input/Output configuration ioctls:
test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G/S_EDID: OK (Not Supported)
Control ioctls:
test VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL/QUERYMENU: OK
test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: OK
test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
Standard Controls: 19 Private Controls: 0
Format ioctls:
test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: OK
test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK
test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_G_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK
test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
test Cropping: OK
test Composing: OK (Not Supported)
test Scaling: OK (Not Supported)
Codec ioctls:
test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK
test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
Buffer ioctls:
test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK
test CREATE_BUFS maximum buffers: OK
test VIDIOC_REMOVE_BUFS: OK
test VIDIOC_EXPBUF: OK
test Requests: OK (Not Supported)
test blocking wait: OK
Test input 0:
Streaming ioctls:
test read/write: OK (Not Supported)
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (select, REQBUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (epoll, REQBUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (select, CREATE_BUFS): OK
Video Capture Multiplanar: Captured 61 buffers
test MMAP (epoll, CREATE_BUFS): OK
test USERPTR (select): OK (Not Supported)
test DMABUF: Cannot test, specify --expbuf-device
Total for iris_driver device /dev/video1: 54, Succeeded: 54, Failed: 0, Warnings: 0
Looking forward to your review and feedback.
Thanks,
Dikshita
Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>
---
Dikshita Agarwal (26):
media: iris: Fix buffer count reporting in internal buffer check
media: iris: Report unreleased PERSIST buffers on session close
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
media: iris: Fix port streaming handling
media: iris: Allow substate transition to load resources during output streaming
media: iris: Always destroy internal buffers on firmware release response
media: iris: Update vbuf flags before v4l2_m2m_buf_done
media: iris: Simplify session stop logic by relying on vb2 checks
media: iris: Allow stop on firmware only if start was issued.
media: iris: Send dummy buffer address for all codecs during drain
media: iris: Fix missing LAST flag handling during drain
media: iris: Fix format check for CAPTURE plane in try_fmt
media: iris: Add support for video encoder device
media: iris: Initialize and deinitialize encoder instance structure
media: iris: Add support for ENUM_FMT, S/G/TRY_FMT encoder
media: iris: Add support for ENUM_FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS for encoder
media: iris: Add support for VIDIOC_QUERYCAP for encoder video device
media: iris: Add encoder support for V4L2 event subscription
media: iris: Add support for G/S_SELECTION for encoder video device
media: iris: Add support for G/S_PARM for encoder video device
media: iris: Add platform-specific capabilities for encoder video device
media: iris: Add V4L2 streaming support for encoder video device
media: iris: Set platform capabilities to firmware for encoder video device
media: iris: Allocate and queue internal buffers for encoder video device
media: iris: Add support for buffer management ioctls for encoder device
media: iris: Add support for drain sequence in encoder video device
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/Makefile | 5 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c | 220 ++++--
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.h | 7 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.c | 232 ++++++
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_common.h | 18 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.h | 20 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_ctrls.c | 675 +++++++++++++++-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_ctrls.h | 15 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_common.h | 2 +-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_command.c | 480 +++++++++---
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_defines.h | 112 ++-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen1_response.c | 60 +-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_command.c | 359 ++++++---
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_defines.h | 44 +-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c | 46 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_instance.h | 24 +
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_common.h | 74 +-
.../media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_gen2.c | 522 ++++++++++++-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_qcs8300.h | 352 ++++++++-
.../platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_sm8250.c | 234 +++++-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_probe.c | 33 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_state.c | 9 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_state.h | 1 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.c | 36 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_utils.h | 2 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c | 58 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vdec.c | 251 +-----
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vdec.h | 13 +-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_venc.c | 579 ++++++++++++++
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_venc.h | 27 +
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vidc.c | 299 +++++++-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vpu_buffer.c | 848 ++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vpu_buffer.h | 21 +
33 files changed, 4966 insertions(+), 712 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: a75b8d198c55e9eb5feb6f6e155496305caba2dc
change-id: 20250704-iris-video-encoder-b193350b487a
Best regards,
--
Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-25 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-25 7:00 Dikshita Agarwal [this message]
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 01/26] media: iris: Fix buffer count reporting in internal buffer check Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 02/26] media: iris: Report unreleased PERSIST buffers on session close Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 03/26] media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 04/26] media: iris: Fix port streaming handling Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 05/26] media: iris: Allow substate transition to load resources during output streaming Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 06/26] media: iris: Always destroy internal buffers on firmware release response Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 07/26] media: iris: Update vbuf flags before v4l2_m2m_buf_done Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 08/26] media: iris: Simplify session stop logic by relying on vb2 checks Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 09/26] media: iris: Allow stop on firmware only if start was issued Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 10/26] media: iris: Send dummy buffer address for all codecs during drain Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 11/26] media: iris: Fix missing LAST flag handling " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 12/26] media: iris: Fix format check for CAPTURE plane in try_fmt Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 13/26] media: iris: Add support for video encoder device Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 14/26] media: iris: Initialize and deinitialize encoder instance structure Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 15/26] media: iris: Add support for ENUM_FMT, S/G/TRY_FMT encoder Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 16/26] media: iris: Add support for ENUM_FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS for encoder Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 17/26] media: iris: Add support for VIDIOC_QUERYCAP for encoder video device Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 18/26] media: iris: Add encoder support for V4L2 event subscription Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 19/26] media: iris: Add support for G/S_SELECTION for encoder video device Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 20/26] media: iris: Add support for G/S_PARM " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-09-03 10:05 ` [PATCH v4.1 " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 21/26] media: iris: Add platform-specific capabilities " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 22/26] media: iris: Add V4L2 streaming support " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 23/26] media: iris: Set platform capabilities to firmware " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 24/26] media: iris: Allocate and queue internal buffers " Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-29 9:05 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2025-08-29 18:06 ` Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 25/26] media: iris: Add support for buffer management ioctls for encoder device Dikshita Agarwal
2025-08-25 7:00 ` [PATCH v4 26/26] media: iris: Add support for drain sequence in encoder video device Dikshita Agarwal
2025-09-05 10:34 ` [PATCH v4 00/26] Enable H.264/H.265 encoder support and fixes in iris driver common code Bryan O'Donoghue
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