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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/ipu3.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/ipu3.rst index 07d139bf8459..83b3cd03b35c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/ipu3.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/ipu3.rst @@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ to userspace as a V4L2 sub-device node and has two pads: .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.8cm}|p{4.0cm}|p{4.0cm}| .. flat-table:: + :header-rows: 1 - * - pad - - direction - - purpose + * - Pad + - Direction + - Purpose * - 0 - sink @@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ raw Bayer format that is specific to IPU3. Let us take the example of ov5670 sensor connected to CSI2 port 0, for a 2592x1944 image capture. -Using the media contorller APIs, the ov5670 sensor is configured to send +Using the media controller APIs, the ov5670 sensor is configured to send frames in packed raw Bayer format to IPU3 CSI2 receiver. .. code-block:: none @@ -148,10 +149,11 @@ Each pipe has two sink pads and three source pads for the following purpose: .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.8cm}|p{4.0cm}|p{4.0cm}| .. flat-table:: + :header-rows: 1 - * - pad - - direction - - purpose + * - Pad + - Direction + - Purpose * - 0 - sink @@ -234,22 +236,23 @@ The IPU3 ImgU pipelines can be configured using the Media Controller, defined at Running mode and firmware binary selection ------------------------------------------ -ImgU works based on firmware, currently the ImgU firmware support run 2 pipes in -time-sharing with single input frame data. Each pipe can run at certain mode - -"VIDEO" or "STILL", "VIDEO" mode is commonly used for video frames capture, and -"STILL" is used for still frame capture. However, you can also select "VIDEO" to -capture still frames if you want to capture images with less system load and -power. For "STILL" mode, ImgU will try to use smaller BDS factor and output -larger bayer frame for further YUV processing than "VIDEO" mode to get high -quality images. Besides, "STILL" mode need XNR3 to do noise reduction, hence -"STILL" mode will need more power and memory bandwidth than "VIDEO" mode. TNR -will be enabled in "VIDEO" mode and bypassed by "STILL" mode. ImgU is running at -“VIDEO” mode by default, the user can use v4l2 control V4L2_CID_INTEL_IPU3_MODE -(currently defined in drivers/staging/media/ipu3/include/intel-ipu3.h) to query -and set the running mode. For user, there is no difference for buffer queueing -between the "VIDEO" and "STILL" mode, mandatory input and main output node -should be enabled and buffers need be queued, the statistics and the view-finder -queues are optional. +ImgU works based on firmware, currently the ImgU firmware support run 2 pipes +in time-sharing with single input frame data. Each pipe can run at certain mode +- "VIDEO" or "STILL", "VIDEO" mode is commonly used for video frames capture, +and "STILL" is used for still frame capture. However, you can also select +"VIDEO" to capture still frames if you want to capture images with less system +load and power. For "STILL" mode, ImgU will try to use smaller BDS factor and +output larger bayer frame for further YUV processing than "VIDEO" mode to get +high quality images. Besides, "STILL" mode need XNR3 to do noise reduction, +hence "STILL" mode will need more power and memory bandwidth than "VIDEO" mode. +TNR will be enabled in "VIDEO" mode and bypassed by "STILL" mode. ImgU is +running at "VIDEO" mode by default, the user can use v4l2 control +V4L2_CID_INTEL_IPU3_MODE (currently defined in +drivers/staging/media/ipu3/include/uapi/intel-ipu3.h) to query and set the +running mode. For user, there is no difference for buffer queueing between the +"VIDEO" and "STILL" mode, mandatory input and main output node should be +enabled and buffers need be queued, the statistics and the view-finder queues +are optional. The firmware binary will be selected according to current running mode, such log "using binary if_to_osys_striped " or "using binary if_to_osys_primary_striped" @@ -313,8 +316,8 @@ configuration steps of 0.03125 (1/32). **Geometric Distortion Correction** -Geometric Distortion Correction is used to performe correction of distortions -and image filtering. It needs some extra filter and envelop padding pixels to +Geometric Distortion Correction is used to perform correction of distortions +and image filtering. It needs some extra filter and envelope padding pixels to work, so the input resolution of GDC should be larger than the output resolution. @@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ preserved. References ========== -.. [#f5] drivers/staging/media/ipu3/include/intel-ipu3.h +.. [#f5] drivers/staging/media/ipu3/include/uapi/intel-ipu3.h .. [#f1] https://github.com/intel/nvt |