Re: [PATCH RFC v2 5/6] media: v4l2-ctrls: add lens calibration controls

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for the patch.

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:45:15AM +0200, Michael Riesch wrote:
> Add the controls V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_CONTROL and V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_STATUS
> that facilitate the control of the lens group calibration procedure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch@wolfvision.net>
> ---
>  .../userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst   | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c          |  4 +++
>  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h                 | 12 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> index a17620ab03b9..8b54a0f3a617 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst
> @@ -297,6 +297,41 @@ enum v4l2_auto_focus_range -
>      (V4L2_CID_ZOOM_ABSOLUTE and V4L2_CID_ZOOM_RELATIVE). The unit is
>      driver-specific. The value should be a positive integer.
>  
> +``V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_CONTROL (bitmask)``
> +    Control the calibration procedure (or individual parts thereof) of the lens
> +    groups. For example, this could include the mechanical range detection
> +    of zoom lens motors. This is a write-only control.
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.8cm}|p{10.7cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_STOP``
> +      - Stop the lens calibration procedure.
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_START``
> +      - Start the complete lens calibration procedure.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_STATUS (bitmask)``
> +    The status of the calibration procedure (or individual parts thereof) of
> +    the lens groups. This is a read-only control.
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.8cm}|p{10.7cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_IDLE``
> +      - Lens calibration procedure has not yet been started.
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_BUSY``
> +      - Lens calibration procedure is in progress.
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_COMPLETE``
> +      - Lens calibration procedure is complete.
> +    * - ``V4L2_LENS_CALIB_FAILED``
> +      - Lens calibration procedure has failed.
> +

This sounds *very* ad-hoc for the device you're working on. Does it
really make sense as a standardized V4L2 control ? A device-specific
control could be better.

If you want to standardize this, I'd like to see multiple use cases, as
well as a detailed documentation of the calibration process.

>  ``V4L2_CID_IRIS_ABSOLUTE (integer)``
>      This control sets the camera's aperture to the specified value. The
>      unit is undefined. Larger values open the iris wider, smaller values
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> index 3ef465ba73bd..faddfecba6d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
> @@ -1050,6 +1050,8 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>  	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_STATUS:		return "Zoom, Status";
>  	case V4L2_CID_FOCUS_SPEED:		return "Focus, Speed";
>  	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_SPEED:		return "Zoom, Speed";
> +	case V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_CONTROL:	return "Lens Calibration, Control";
> +	case V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_STATUS:	return "Lens Calibration, Status";
>  
>  	/* FM Radio Modulator controls */
>  	/* Keep the order of the 'case's the same as in v4l2-controls.h! */
> @@ -1596,6 +1598,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>  	case V4L2_CID_FOCUS_RELATIVE:
>  	case V4L2_CID_IRIS_RELATIVE:
>  	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_RELATIVE:
> +	case V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_CONTROL:
>  		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY |
>  			  V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
>  		break;
> @@ -1603,6 +1606,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>  	case V4L2_CID_FOCUS_STATUS:
>  	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_CURRENT:
>  	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_STATUS:
> +	case V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_STATUS:
>  		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY | V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE;
>  		break;
>  	case V4L2_CID_FLASH_STROBE_STATUS:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> index 8d84508d4db8..24c0eb5f4d29 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
> @@ -1004,6 +1004,18 @@ enum v4l2_auto_focus_range {
>  #define V4L2_CID_FOCUS_SPEED			(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+41)
>  #define V4L2_CID_ZOOM_SPEED			(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+42)
>  
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_STOP			(0 << 0)
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_START			(1 << 0)
> +
> +#define V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_CONTROL		(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+43)
> +
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_IDLE			(0 << 0)
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_BUSY			(1 << 0)
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_COMPLETE		(1 << 1)
> +#define V4L2_LENS_CALIB_FAILED			(1 << 2)
> +
> +#define V4L2_CID_LENS_CALIB_STATUS		(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+44)
> +
>  /* FM Modulator class control IDs */
>  
>  #define V4L2_CID_FM_TX_CLASS_BASE		(V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX | 0x900)
> 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart