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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/imx-uapi.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/imx-uapi.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8d47712de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/imx-uapi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================= +i.MX Video Capture Driver +========================= + +Events +====== + +.. _imx_api_ipuX_csiY: + +ipuX_csiY +--------- + +This subdev can generate the following event when enabling the second +IDMAC source pad: + +- V4L2_EVENT_IMX_FRAME_INTERVAL_ERROR + +The user application can subscribe to this event from the ipuX_csiY +subdev node. This event is generated by the Frame Interval Monitor +(see below for more on the FIM). + +Controls +======== + +.. _imx_api_FIM: + +Frame Interval Monitor in ipuX_csiY +----------------------------------- + +The adv718x decoders can occasionally send corrupt fields during +NTSC/PAL signal re-sync (too little or too many video lines). When +this happens, the IPU triggers a mechanism to re-establish vertical +sync by adding 1 dummy line every frame, which causes a rolling effect +from image to image, and can last a long time before a stable image is +recovered. Or sometimes the mechanism doesn't work at all, causing a +permanent split image (one frame contains lines from two consecutive +captured images). + +From experiment it was found that during image rolling, the frame +intervals (elapsed time between two EOF's) drop below the nominal +value for the current standard, by about one frame time (60 usec), +and remain at that value until rolling stops. + +While the reason for this observation isn't known (the IPU dummy +line mechanism should show an increase in the intervals by 1 line +time every frame, not a fixed value), we can use it to detect the +corrupt fields using a frame interval monitor. If the FIM detects a +bad frame interval, the ipuX_csiY subdev will send the event +V4L2_EVENT_IMX_FRAME_INTERVAL_ERROR. Userland can register with +the FIM event notification on the ipuX_csiY subdev device node. +Userland can issue a streaming restart when this event is received +to correct the rolling/split image. + +The ipuX_csiY subdev includes custom controls to tweak some dials for +FIM. If one of these controls is changed during streaming, the FIM will +be reset and will continue at the new settings. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_ENABLE + +Enable/disable the FIM. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_NUM + +How many frame interval measurements to average before comparing against +the nominal frame interval reported by the sensor. This can reduce noise +caused by interrupt latency. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_TOLERANCE_MIN + +If the averaged intervals fall outside nominal by this amount, in +microseconds, the V4L2_EVENT_IMX_FRAME_INTERVAL_ERROR event is sent. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_TOLERANCE_MAX + +If any intervals are higher than this value, those samples are +discarded and do not enter into the average. This can be used to +discard really high interval errors that might be due to interrupt +latency from high system load. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_NUM_SKIP + +How many frames to skip after a FIM reset or stream restart before +FIM begins to average intervals. + +- V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_ICAP_CHANNEL / V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_ICAP_EDGE + +These controls will configure an input capture channel as the method +for measuring frame intervals. This is superior to the default method +of measuring frame intervals via EOF interrupt, since it is not subject +to uncertainty errors introduced by interrupt latency. + +Input capture requires hardware support. A VSYNC signal must be routed +to one of the i.MX6 input capture channel pads. + +V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_ICAP_CHANNEL configures which i.MX6 input capture +channel to use. This must be 0 or 1. + +V4L2_CID_IMX_FIM_ICAP_EDGE configures which signal edge will trigger +input capture events. By default the input capture method is disabled +with a value of IRQ_TYPE_NONE. Set this control to IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING, +IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING, or IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH to enable input capture, +triggered on the given signal edge(s). + +When input capture is disabled, frame intervals will be measured via +EOF interrupt. + + +File list +--------- + +drivers/staging/media/imx/ +include/media/imx.h +include/linux/imx-media.h + + +Authors +------- + +- Steve Longerbeam <steve_longerbeam@mentor.com> +- Philipp Zabel <kernel@pengutronix.de> +- Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> + +Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Mentor Graphics Inc. |