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diff --git a/Documentation/guides/pipeline-handler.rst b/Documentation/guides/pipeline-handler.rst index 66d428a1..26dc9358 100644 --- a/Documentation/guides/pipeline-handler.rst +++ b/Documentation/guides/pipeline-handler.rst @@ -672,6 +672,58 @@ handling controls: #include <libcamera/controls.h> #include <libcamera/control_ids.h> +Vendor-specific controls and properties +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Vendor-specific controls and properties must be defined in a separate YAML file +and included in the build by defining the pipeline handler to file mapping in +include/libcamera/meson.build. These YAML files live in the src/libcamera +directory. + +For example, adding a Raspberry Pi vendor control file for the PiSP pipeline +handler is done with the following mapping: + +.. code-block:: meson + + controls_map = { + 'controls': { + 'draft': 'control_ids_draft.yaml', + 'libcamera': 'control_ids_core.yaml', + 'rpi/pisp': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml', + }, + + 'properties': { + 'draft': 'property_ids_draft.yaml', + 'libcamera': 'property_ids_core.yaml', + } + } + +The pipeline handler named above must match the pipeline handler option string +specified in the meson build configuration. + +Vendor-specific controls and properties must contain a `vendor: <vendor_string>` +tag in the YAML file. Every unique vendor tag must define a unique and +non-overlapping range of reserved control IDs in src/libcamera/control_ranges.yaml. + +For example, the following block defines a vendor-specific control with the +`rpi` vendor tag: + +.. code-block:: yaml + + vendor: rpi + controls: + - PispConfigDumpFile: + type: string + description: | + Triggers the Raspberry Pi PiSP pipeline handler to generate a JSON + formatted dump of the Backend configuration to the filename given by the + value of the control. + +The controls will be generated in the vendor-specific namespace +`libcamera::controls::rpi`. Additionally a `#define +LIBCAMERA_HAS_RPI_VENDOR_CONTROLS` will be available to allow applications to +test for the availability of these controls. + Generating a default configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |