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Commit e1cf4b2f authored by Todor Tomov's avatar Todor Tomov Committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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media: doc: media/v4l-drivers: Update Qualcomm CAMSS driver document for 8x96



Update the document to describe the support of Camera Subsystem
on MSM8996/APQ8096.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTodor Tomov <todor.tomov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarHans Verkuil <hansverk@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
parent cc8fe073
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@@ -7,34 +7,34 @@ Introduction
------------

This file documents the Qualcomm Camera Subsystem driver located under
drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss-8x16.
drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss.

The current version of the driver supports the Camera Subsystem found on
Qualcomm MSM8916 and APQ8016 processors.
Qualcomm MSM8916/APQ8016 and MSM8996/APQ8096 processors.

The driver implements V4L2, Media controller and V4L2 subdev interfaces.
Camera sensor using V4L2 subdev interface in the kernel is supported.

The driver is implemented using as a reference the Qualcomm Camera Subsystem
driver for Android as found in Code Aurora [#f1]_.
driver for Android as found in Code Aurora [#f1]_ [#f2]_.


Qualcomm Camera Subsystem hardware
----------------------------------

The Camera Subsystem hardware found on 8x16 processors and supported by the
driver consists of:
The Camera Subsystem hardware found on 8x16 / 8x96 processors and supported by
the driver consists of:

- 2 CSIPHY modules. They handle the Physical layer of the CSI2 receivers.
- 2 / 3 CSIPHY modules. They handle the Physical layer of the CSI2 receivers.
  A separate camera sensor can be connected to each of the CSIPHY module;
- 2 CSID (CSI Decoder) modules. They handle the Protocol and Application layer
  of the CSI2 receivers. A CSID can decode data stream from any of the CSIPHY.
  Each CSID also contains a TG (Test Generator) block which can generate
- 2 / 4 CSID (CSI Decoder) modules. They handle the Protocol and Application
  layer of the CSI2 receivers. A CSID can decode data stream from any of the
  CSIPHY. Each CSID also contains a TG (Test Generator) block which can generate
  artificial input data for test purposes;
- ISPIF (ISP Interface) module. Handles the routing of the data streams from
  the CSIDs to the inputs of the VFE;
- VFE (Video Front End) module. Contains a pipeline of image processing hardware
  blocks. The VFE has different input interfaces. The PIX (Pixel) input
- 1 / 2 VFE (Video Front End) module(s). Contain a pipeline of image processing
  hardware blocks. The VFE has different input interfaces. The PIX (Pixel) input
  interface feeds the input data to the image processing pipeline. The image
  processing pipeline contains also a scale and crop module at the end. Three
  RDI (Raw Dump Interface) input interfaces bypass the image processing
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ The current version of the driver supports:

- Input from camera sensor via CSIPHY;
- Generation of test input data by the TG in CSID;
- RDI interface of VFE - raw dump of the input data to memory.
- RDI interface of VFE

  - Raw dump of the input data to memory.

    Supported formats:

@@ -58,9 +60,22 @@ The current version of the driver supports:
    - MIPI RAW8 (8bit Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB8 /
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8 / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG8 / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8);
    - MIPI RAW10 (10bit packed Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR10P /
    V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG10P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG10P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB10P);
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG10P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG10P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB10P /
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10P);
    - MIPI RAW12 (12bit packed Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB12P /
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG12P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG12P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB12P).
    - (8x96 only) MIPI RAW14 (14bit packed Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB14P /
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG14P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG14P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB14P).

  - (8x96 only) Format conversion of the input data.

    Supported input formats:

    - MIPI RAW10 (10bit packed Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR10P / V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10P).

    Supported output formats:

    - Plain16 RAW10 (10bit unpacked Bayer RAW - V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR10 / V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10).

- PIX interface of VFE

@@ -75,14 +90,16 @@ The current version of the driver supports:

    - NV12/NV21 (two plane YUV 4:2:0 - V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12 / V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV21);
    - NV16/NV61 (two plane YUV 4:2:2 - V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV16 / V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV61).
    - (8x96 only) YUYV/UYVY/YVYU/VYUY (packed YUV 4:2:2 - V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV /
      V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY / V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVYU / V4L2_PIX_FMT_VYUY).

  - Scaling support. Configuration of the VFE Encoder Scale module
    for downscalling with ratio up to 16x.

  - Cropping support. Configuration of the VFE Encoder Crop module.

- Concurrent and independent usage of two data inputs - could be camera sensors
  and/or TG.
- Concurrent and independent usage of two (8x96: three) data inputs -
  could be camera sensors and/or TG.


Driver Architecture and Design
@@ -90,14 +107,14 @@ Driver Architecture and Design

The driver implements the V4L2 subdev interface. With the goal to model the
hardware links between the modules and to expose a clean, logical and usable
interface, the driver is split into V4L2 sub-devices as follows:
interface, the driver is split into V4L2 sub-devices as follows (8x16 / 8x96):

- 2 CSIPHY sub-devices - each CSIPHY is represented by a single sub-device;
- 2 CSID sub-devices - each CSID is represented by a single sub-device;
- 2 ISPIF sub-devices - ISPIF is represented by a number of sub-devices equal
  to the number of CSID sub-devices;
- 4 VFE sub-devices - VFE is represented by a number of sub-devices equal to
  the number of the input interfaces (3 RDI and 1 PIX).
- 2 / 3 CSIPHY sub-devices - each CSIPHY is represented by a single sub-device;
- 2 / 4 CSID sub-devices - each CSID is represented by a single sub-device;
- 2 / 4 ISPIF sub-devices - ISPIF is represented by a number of sub-devices
  equal to the number of CSID sub-devices;
- 4 / 8 VFE sub-devices - VFE is represented by a number of sub-devices equal to
  the number of the input interfaces (3 RDI and 1 PIX for each VFE).

The considerations to split the driver in this particular way are as follows:

@@ -115,8 +132,8 @@ The considerations to split the driver in this particular way are as follows:

Each VFE sub-device is linked to a separate video device node.

The media controller pipeline graph is as follows (with connected two OV5645
camera sensors):
The media controller pipeline graph is as follows (with connected two / three
OV5645 camera sensors):

.. _qcom_camss_graph:

@@ -124,7 +141,13 @@ camera sensors):
    :alt:   qcom_camss_graph.dot
    :align: center

    Media pipeline graph
    Media pipeline graph 8x16

.. kernel-figure:: qcom_camss_8x96_graph.dot
    :alt:   qcom_camss_8x96_graph.dot
    :align: center

    Media pipeline graph 8x96


Implementation
@@ -149,8 +172,12 @@ APQ8016 Specification:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/download/sd410/snapdragon-410-processor-device-specification.pdf
Referenced 2016-11-24.

APQ8096 Specification:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/download/sd820e/qualcomm-snapdragon-820e-processor-apq8096sge-device-specification.pdf
Referenced 2018-06-22.

References
----------

.. [#f1] https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/
.. [#f2] https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/
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