From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from hermes.mlbassoc.com ([64.234.241.98]:32838 "EHLO mail.chez-thomas.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755210Ab2AQWF4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:05:56 -0500 Message-ID: <4F15F0C1.30004@mlbassoc.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:05:53 -0700 From: Gary Thomas MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OMAP3 ISP & BT656 References: <4F15ED39.4070604@mlbassoc.com> In-Reply-To: <4F15ED39.4070604@mlbassoc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2012-01-17 14:50, Gary Thomas wrote: > I have a number of boards with OMAP 3530/3730 that use the > TVP5150AM1 video decoder. On most of these boards, I can > capture reasonable quality video. However, I have some (more > than a few which is reason for concern) where the video is > either really bad or even the ISP doesn't seem to recognize > the BT656 data stream. On the ones that have "bad" video, > the data is all blown out and barely recognizable. > > All the boards are running the same kernel (3.0+ with the > YUV patches that Lennart and others proposed late last year). > I've verified that the component registers (ISPCCDC and TVP5150) > match. I can't see what could be the cause of such radically > variable behaviour. Sorry, attribution should be to Laurent Pinchart :-) > > The one thing I've found is on the boards that don't work > at all, the CCDC_SYN_MODE[FLDSTAT] bit is not toggling, which > in turn causes no data to be pushed through the V4L2 pipeline. > > Any ideas what can cause this? More importantly, what I can > try to fix it? The really scary thing is that all the boards > in my lab work great, but in the factory (some 6000 miles away), > more than not don't work :-( > > Would it be possible to configure the CCDC to capture the > raw BT656 data? These boards are very small and it's impossible > to get onto the video data lines going into the processor (they > are all hidden within the circuit board). > > Any help/ideas gladly accepted. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------