Re: [PATCH v7 6/6] media: starfive: camss: Add VIN driver

Jack Zhu
2023-08-04T11:14:47Z

Hi Laurent,

Thank you for your comment.

On 2023/8/4 6:18, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 10:44:50AM +0800, Jack Zhu wrote:
>> On 2023/8/2 18:38, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 05:58:26PM +0800, Jack Zhu wrote:
>> >> On 2023/7/28 4:49, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> >> > On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 07:28:38PM +0800, Jack Zhu wrote:
>> >> >> Add Video In Controller driver for StarFive Camera Subsystem.
>> >> >
>> >> > I haven't reviewed this patch in details, as I have a high-level
>> >> > question: why do you need VIN subdevs ? They don't seem to represent any
>> >> > particular piece of hardware, their input and output formats are always
>> >> > identical, and they're not used to configure registers. The contents of
>> >> > this patch seems to belong to the video device, I think you can drop the
>> >> > VIN subdevs.
>> >>
>> >> The VIN module corresponds to a hardware module, which is mainly responsible
>> >> for data routing and partial interrupt management (when the image data does
>> >> not pass through the isp but directly goes to the ddr), the relevant registers
>> >> need to be configured.
>> >
>> > That's fine, but I don't think you need a subdev for it. As far as I
>> > understand, the VIn modules are (more or less) DMA engines. You can just
>> > model them as video devices, connected directly to the CSI-2 RX and ISP
>> > source pads.
>>
>> The VIN hardware can also route input data, it can decide whether DVP sensor
>> or MIPI sensor is used as input data.
>>
>> > Does the "vin0_wr" have the ability to capture raw data from the DVP
>> > interface as well, or only from the CSI-2 RX ?
>>
>> Yes, the "vin0_wr" has the ability to capture raw data from the DVP
>> interface.
>
> Then I would recommend something similar to the following media graph:
>
> digraph board {
> rankdir=TB
> imx219 [label="{{} | imx219 6-0010\n/dev/v4l-subdev0 | {<port0> 0}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> imx219:port0 -> csi2rx:port0 [style=bold]
> csi2rx [label="{{<port0> 0} | cdns_csi2rx.19800000.csi-bridge\n | {<port1> 1 | <port2> 2 | <port3> 3 | <port4> 4}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> csi2rx:port1 -> vin:port0 [style=bold]
> ov5640 [label="{{} | ov5640 6-0020\n/dev/v4l-subdev1 | {<port0> 0}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> ov5640:port0 -> vin:port1 [style=bold]
> vin [label="{{<port0> 0 | <port1> 1} | stf_vin0\n/dev/v4l-subdev2 | {<port2> 2}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> vin:port2 -> raw_capture [style=dashed]
> vin:port2 -> isp:port0 [style=dashed]
> raw_capture [label="stf_vin0_wr_video0\n/dev/video0", shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor=yellow]
> isp [label="{{<port0> 0} | stf_isp0\n/dev/v4l-subdev3 | {<port1> 1}}", shape=Mrecord, style=filled, fillcolor=green]
> isp:port1 -> yuv_capture [style=bold]
> yuv_capture [label="stf_vin0_isp0_video1\n/dev/video1", shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor=yellow]
> }
>
> Here, the stf_vin0 subdev is used to route either the CSI-2 input or the
> DVP input to the raw capture video device and the ISP.
>
> Does this match the hardware architecture ?
>

Yes, but I have a question to ask, is there any way for stf_vin0 subdev
to distinguish whether the current scene is 'raw_capture' or 'yuv_capture'?

> What are ports 2, 3 and 4 for in the CSI-2 RX ?
>

port2-4 are useless, they should be created by 'cdns-csi2rx.c' by default.

>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Jack Zhu <jack.zhu@starfivetech.com>
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >> .../media/platform/starfive/camss/Makefile | 4 +-
>> >> >> .../media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.c | 42 +-
>> >> >> .../media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.h | 2 +
>> >> >> .../media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin.c | 1069 +++++++++++++++++
>> >> >> .../media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin.h | 173 +++
>> >> >> .../platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin_hw_ops.c | 192 +++
>> >> >> 6 files changed, 1478 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> >> >> create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin.c
>> >> >> create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin.h
>> >> >> create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_vin_hw_ops.c
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/Makefile b/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/Makefile
>> >> >> index cdf57e8c9546..ef574e01ca47 100644
>> >> >> --- a/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/Makefile
>> >> >> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/Makefile
>> >> >> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ starfive-camss-objs += \
>> >> >> stf_camss.o \
>> >> >> stf_isp.o \
>> >> >> stf_isp_hw_ops.o \
>> >> >> - stf_video.o
>> >> >> + stf_video.o \
>> >> >> + stf_vin.o \
>> >> >> + stf_vin_hw_ops.o
>> >> >>
>> >> >> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_STARFIVE_CAMSS) += starfive-camss.o
>> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.c b/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.c
>> >> >> index 6f56b45f57db..834ea63eb833 100644
>> >> >> --- a/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.c
>> >> >> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/starfive/camss/stf_camss.c
>> >> >> @@ -131,27 +131,61 @@ static int stfcamss_init_subdevices(struct stfcamss *stfcamss)
>> >> >> return ret;
>> >> >> }
>> >> >>
>

Regards,

Jack Zhu