[PATCH v8 1/4] media: v4l: Add definition for the Aspeed JPEG format

[Joel Stanley]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 02:00, Jammy Huang <jammy_huang at aspeedtech.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> On 2022/1/14 下午 04:11, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > On 24/12/2021 02:27, Jammy Huang wrote:
> >> This introduces support for the Aspeed JPEG format, where the new frame
> >> can refer to previous frame to reduce the amount of compressed data. The
> >> concept is similar to I/P frame of video compression. It will compare the
> >> new frame with previous one to decide which macroblock's data is
> >> changed, and only the changed macroblocks will be compressed.
> >>
> >> This Aspeed JPEG format is used by the video engine on Aspeed platforms,
> >> which is generally adapted for remote KVM.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jammy Huang <jammy_huang at aspeedtech.com>
> >> ---
> >> v8:
> >>    - Add decoder information for aspeed-jpeg
> >> v7:
> >>    - Add more information for aspeed-jpeg
> >> v6:
> >>    - Update description for new format, aspeed-jpeg, in Documentation.
> >> v5:
> >>    - no update
> >> v4:
> >>    - new
> >> ---
> >>   .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst          | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >>   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c            |  1 +
> >>   include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                  |  1 +
> >>   3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> > This is the wrong file! It should be:
> >
> > Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
>
> Thanks, I just used git format-patch to generate the cover-letter and
> didn't notice this.
>
> It looks like the file, pixfmt-reserved.rst, has different path in
> different Linux kernel,
>
> * 5.4:           Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
>
> * 5.10/5.15: Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
>
> 5.4 is the one I based to submit the patches.
>
> Could you suggest the kernel that I should based to submit these patches??

You should always submit based on the latest release.

There are sometimes exceptions where you will base your patches on
something even newer, but generally you should grab the latest.

Be sure to re-test on the latest kernel before submitting.

Cheers,

Joel

>
> I will need to change the number of V4L2_CID_USER_ASPEED_BASE per different
>
> linux kernel as well.
>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >       Hans
> >
> >> index b2cd155e691b..1d0dc8d86ed7 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> >> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst
> >> @@ -264,6 +264,23 @@ please make a proposal on the linux-media mailing list.
> >>      of tiles, resulting in 32-aligned resolutions for the luminance plane
> >>      and 16-aligned resolutions for the chrominance plane (with 2x2
> >>      subsampling).
> >> +    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-AJPG:
> >> +
> >> +      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_AJPG``
> >> +      - 'AJPG'
> >> +      - ASPEED JPEG format used by the aspeed-video driver on Aspeed platforms,
> >> +        which is generally adapted for remote KVM.
> >> +        On each frame compression, I will compare the new frame with previous
> >> +        one to decide which macroblock's data is changed, and only the changed
> >> +        macroblocks will be compressed.
> >> +
> >> +        The implementation is based on AST2600 A3 datasheet, revision 0.9, which
> >> +        is not publicly available. Or you can reference Video stream data format
> >> +        – ASPEED mode compression of SDK_User_Guide which available on
> >> +        AspeedTech-BMC/openbmc/releases.
> >> +
> >> +        Decoder's implementation can be found here,
> >> +        `https://github.com/AspeedTech-BMC/aspeed_codec/ <https://github.com/AspeedTech-BMC/aspeed_codec/>`__
> >>
> >>   .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> >> index 24db33f803c0..00dde01d2f97 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
> >> @@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ static void v4l_fill_fmtdesc(struct v4l2_fmtdesc *fmt)
> >>              case V4L2_PIX_FMT_S5C_UYVY_JPG: descr = "S5C73MX interleaved UYVY/JPEG"; break;
> >>              case V4L2_PIX_FMT_MT21C:        descr = "Mediatek Compressed Format"; break;
> >>              case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12: descr = "Sunxi Tiled NV12 Format"; break;
> >> +            case V4L2_PIX_FMT_AJPG:         descr = "Aspeed JPEG"; break;
> >>              default:
> >>                      if (fmt->description[0])
> >>                              return;
> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> >> index 3210b3c82a4a..994eb6155ea9 100644
> >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> >> @@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format {
> >>   #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_INZI     v4l2_fourcc('I', 'N', 'Z', 'I') /* Intel Planar Greyscale 10-bit and Depth 16-bit */
> >>   #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12 v4l2_fourcc('S', 'T', '1', '2') /* Sunxi Tiled NV12 Format */
> >>   #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_CNF4     v4l2_fourcc('C', 'N', 'F', '4') /* Intel 4-bit packed depth confidence information */
> >> +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_AJPG     v4l2_fourcc('A', 'J', 'P', 'G') /* Aspeed JPEG */
> >>
> >>   /* 10bit raw bayer packed, 32 bytes for every 25 pixels, last LSB 6 bits unused */
> >>   #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_IPU3_SBGGR10  v4l2_fourcc('i', 'p', '3', 'b') /* IPU3 packed 10-bit BGGR bayer */
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Jammy
>