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2019-10-23Documentation: Hide the Getting Started informationLaurent Pinchart
The Getting Started information makes little sense on the generated documentation, as a developer with documentation compiled from a local libcamera source tree has already got started. We however want to keep the information in the top-level README.rst as it is useful there. In order to hide the Getting Started information from the front page while keeping it in README.rst, add comments to delimitate sections of README.rst, and include only a subset of the file in the front page. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
2019-10-05libcamera: controls: Auto-generate control_ids.h and control_ids.cppLaurent Pinchart
Bring back auto-generation of control ids. In this version, both the header and the source files are generated from a single YAML file that stores all control definitions. This allows centralising controls in a single file, while the previous version required keeping both declarations (in a header) and documentation (in a the source) in sync manually. Using YAML as a format to store control definitions is a trade-off between ease of use (there are many YAML parsers available) and simplicity (XML was considered, but would have lead to more complex processing). A new build time dependency is added on python3-yaml, which should be available as a package in all distributions and build environments. The YAML format is likely to change over time as we improve documentation of controls, the first version simply copies the information currently available. Future improvements should also include a YAML schema to validate the YAML source file. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>
2019-08-16readme: Provide build requirementsKieran Bingham
Provide an initial list of build dependancies for Debian based systems. Other distributions will be added separately. Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
2019-08-16readme: Move index page content to READMEKieran Bingham
Move the introduction content from the index.rst to the README.rst so that it can also be found quickly from the top level. Include the README.rst directly into the index.rst to continue serving it as the front page material. Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
2019-08-16readme: Convert from Markdown to RSTKieran Bingham
The Documentation and top-level README both serve to provide information to new developers and users of libcamera. Currently our README.md is sparse, and should be expanded with more useful information such as build requirements as well as compilation directions. Any information provided in the README also serves a purpose in the main documentation and website and could be a cause of duplicated content. To allow direct integration of the top level README document into our sphinx documentation (and thus the libcamera.org website) convert the README.md into ReSTructured text format. Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>