[PATCH v3 13/33] v4l: Document raw bayer 4CC codes

Sakari Ailus
2012-02-20T01:58:41Z

Document guidelines how 4CC codes should be named. Only raw bayer is
included currently. Other formats should be documented later on.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
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+Guidelines for Linux4Linux pixel format 4CCs
+============================================
+
+Guidelines for Video4Linux 4CC codes defined using v4l2_fourcc() are
+specified in this document. First of the characters defines the nature of
+the pixel format, compression and colour space. The interpretation of the
+other three characters depends on the first one.
+
+Existing 4CCs may not obey these guidelines.
+
+Formats
+=======
+
+Raw bayer
+---------
+
+The following first characters are used by raw bayer formats:
+
+ B: raw bayer, uncompressed
+ b: raw bayer, DPCM compressed
+ a: A-law compressed
+ u: u-law compressed
+
+2nd character: pixel order
+ B: BGGR
+ G: GBRG
+ g: GRBG
+ R: RGGB
+
+3rd character: uncompressed bits-per-pixel 0--9, A--
+
+4th character: compressed bits-per-pixel 0--9, A--
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