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11 dayslibcamera: Rationalize IPA and handlers namesJacopo Mondi
The names used by the IPA interface and the names used for buffer completions handlers in libcamera clash in the use of the term "buffer". For example video device buffer completion handler is called "bufferReady" and the IPA event to ask the IPA to compute parameters are called "fillParamsBuffers". This makes it hard to recognize which function handles video device completion signals and which ones handle the IPA interface events. Rationalize the naming scheme in the IPA interface function and events and the signal handlers in the pipelines, according to the following table. Remove the name "buffer" from the IPA interface events and events handler and reserve it for the buffer completion handlers. Rename the IPA interface events and function to use the 'params' and 'stats' names as well. IPA Interface: - fillParamsBuffer -> computeParams [FUNCTION] - processStatsBuffer -> processStats [FUNCTION] - paramFilled -> paramsComputed [EVENT] Pipeline handler: - bufferReady -> videoBufferReady [BUFFER HANDLER] - paramReady -> paramBufferReady [BUFFER HANDLER] - statReady -> statBufferReady [BUFFER HANDLER] - paramFilled -> paramsComputed [IPA EVENT HANDLER] Cosmetic change only, no functional changes intended. Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
2022-09-30Documentation: Add missing SPDX headersLaurent Pinchart
Two documentation files are missing SPDX headers. Add them, with the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license that covers all the libcamera documentation. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2022-04-08ipa: ipu3: Replace event-based ops with dedicated functionsUmang Jain
The IPAIPU3 interface currently uses event-type based structures in order to communicate with the pipeline-handler (and vice-versa). Replace the event based structures with dedicated functions associated to each operation. The translated naming scheme of actions to signals are: ActionSetSensorControls => setSensorControls ActionParamFilled => paramsBufferReady ActionMetadataReady => metadataReady The translated naming scheme of events to dedicated functions are: EventProcessControls => queueRequest() EventStatReady => processStatsBuffer() EventFillParams => fillParamsBuffer() The dedicated functions are called from pipeline-handler to the IPA using IPC. These functions run asynchronously and when completed, the IPA emits the respective signals as stated above in the translated naming scheme. The EventProcessControls is translated to queueRequest() to bring symmetry to the IPU3 interface with other IPA interfaces. Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>
2021-10-26Documentation: IPU3 IPA Design guideKieran Bingham
The IPU3 IPA implements the basic 3A using the ImgU ISP. Provide an overview document to describe its operations, and provide a block diagram to help visualise how the components are put together to assist any new developers exploring the code. Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jeanmichel.hautbois@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jeanmichel.hautbois@ideasonboard.com>