From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laurent Pinchart Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/14] media: videodev2.h, v4l2-ioctl: add rkisp1 meta buffer format Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:30:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20190815133051.GT5011@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> References: <20190730184256.30338-1-helen.koike@collabora.com> <20190730184256.30338-2-helen.koike@collabora.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190730184256.30338-2-helen.koike@collabora.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Helen Koike Cc: linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, eddie.cai.linux@gmail.com, mchehab@kernel.org, heiko@sntech.de, jacob2.chen@rock-chips.com, jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com, zyc@rock-chips.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tfiga@chromium.org, hans.verkuil@cisco.com, sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com, kernel@collabora.com, ezequiel@collabora.com, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, zhengsq@rock-chips.com List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Helen, Thank you for the patch. On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 03:42:43PM -0300, Helen Koike wrote: > From: Shunqian Zheng > > Add the Rockchip ISP1 specific processing parameter format > V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_PARAMS and metadata format > V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_STAT_3A for 3A. I don't like V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_PARAMS much, as the parameters are not passed to the hardware through a buffer, but instead written to registers by the kernel driver. This is an area where V4L2 controls are traditionally used. I do however understand that it's easier for driver authors to pass a large set of controls this way when they have to be applied atomically, but it's clearly a hack in my opinion. I won't oppose to it though, as I know there's no way we can support this kind of feature in V4L2 at the moment without an extensive amount of work, so Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart > Signed-off-by: Shunqian Zheng > Signed-off-by: Jacob Chen > Acked-by: Hans Verkuil > [update for upstream] > Signed-off-by: Helen Koike > > --- > > Changes in v8: None > Changes in v7: > - s/IPU3/RK_ISP1 > > drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c | 2 ++ > include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c > index bb5b4926538a..2df20801a299 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c > @@ -1330,6 +1330,8 @@ static void v4l_fill_fmtdesc(struct v4l2_fmtdesc *fmt) > case V4L2_META_FMT_VSP1_HGT: descr = "R-Car VSP1 2-D Histogram"; break; > case V4L2_META_FMT_UVC: descr = "UVC Payload Header Metadata"; break; > case V4L2_META_FMT_D4XX: descr = "Intel D4xx UVC Metadata"; break; > + case V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_PARAMS: descr = "Rockchip ISP1 3A params"; break; > + case V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_STAT_3A: descr = "Rockchip ISP1 3A statistics"; break; > > default: > /* Compressed formats */ > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h > index 2427bc4d8eba..ae1e375a10d7 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h > @@ -756,6 +756,10 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format { > #define V4L2_META_FMT_UVC v4l2_fourcc('U', 'V', 'C', 'H') /* UVC Payload Header metadata */ > #define V4L2_META_FMT_D4XX v4l2_fourcc('D', '4', 'X', 'X') /* D4XX Payload Header metadata */ > > +/* Vendor specific - used for RK_ISP1 camera sub-system */ > +#define V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_PARAMS v4l2_fourcc('R', 'K', '1', 'P') /* Rockchip ISP1 params */ > +#define V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_STAT_3A v4l2_fourcc('R', 'K', '1', 'S') /* Rockchip ISP1 3A statistics */ > + > /* priv field value to indicates that subsequent fields are valid. */ > #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC 0xfeedcafe > -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart