From patchwork Thu Dec 23 14:42:51 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Manjunath Hadli X-Patchwork-Id: 430631 Received: from bear.ext.ti.com (bear.ext.ti.com [192.94.94.41]) by demeter1.kernel.org (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oBNJduQY016604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:40:17 GMT Received: from dlep34.itg.ti.com ([157.170.170.115]) by bear.ext.ti.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id oBNEgxcN028849 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:42:59 -0600 Received: from linux.omap.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dlep34.itg.ti.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id oBNEgvX4006635; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:42:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from linux.omap.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by linux.omap.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAEB480627; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:42:57 -0600 (CST) X-Original-To: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Delivered-To: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Received: from dbdp31.itg.ti.com (dbdp31.itg.ti.com [172.24.170.98]) by linux.omap.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B071280626 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:42:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from psplinux051.india.ti.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dbdp31.itg.ti.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oBNEgpM5013647; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:12:52 +0530 (IST) Received: from psplinux051.india.ti.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by psplinux051.india.ti.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id oBNEgpdE020948; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:12:51 +0530 Received: (from x0144960@localhost) by psplinux051.india.ti.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id oBNEgpF4020943; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:12:51 +0530 From: Manjunath Hadli To: LMML , Kevin Hilman Subject: [PATCH 8/8] davinci vpbe: Readme text for Dm6446 vpbe Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:12:51 +0530 Message-Id: <1293115371-20914-1-git-send-email-manjunath.hadli@ti.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.2.4 Cc: dlos , Mauro Carvalho Chehab X-BeenThere: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: davinci-linux-open-source-bounces@linux.davincidsp.com Errors-To: davinci-linux-open-source-bounces@linux.davincidsp.com X-Greylist: Sender succeeded STARTTLS authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (demeter1.kernel.org [140.211.167.41]); Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:40:18 +0000 (UTC) diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/README.davinci-vpbe b/Documentation/video4linux/README.davinci-vpbe new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a460b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/README.davinci-vpbe @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ + + VPBE V4L2 driver design + ====================================================================== + + File partitioning + ----------------- + V4L2 display device driver + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_display.c + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_display.h + + VPBE display controller + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe.c + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe.h + + VPBE venc sub device driver + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_venc.c + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_venc.h + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_venc_regs.h + + VPBE osd driver + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_osd.c + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_osd.h + drivers/media/video/davinci/vpbe_osd_regs.h + + Functional partitioning + ----------------------- + + Consists of the following (in the same order as the list under file + partitioning):- + + 1. V4L2 display driver + Implements creation of video2 and video3 device nodes and + provides v4l2 device interface to manage VID0 and VID1 layers. + + 2. Display controller + Loads up VENC, OSD and external encoders such as ths8200. It provides + a set of API calls to V4L2 drivers to set the output/standards + in the VENC or external sub devices. It also provides + a device object to access the services from OSD subdevice + using sub device ops. The connection of external encoders to VENC LCD + controller port is done at init time based on default output and standard + selection or at run time when application change the output through + V4L2 IOCTLs. + + When connected to an external encoder, vpbe controller is also responsible + for setting up the interface between VENC and external encoders based on + board specific settings (specified in board-xxx-evm.c). This allows + interfacing external encoders such as ths8200. The setup_if_config() + is implemented for this as well as configure_venc() (part of the next patch) + API to set timings in VENC for a specific display resolution. As of this + patch series, the interconnection and enabling and setting of the external + encoders is not present, and would be a part of the next patch series. + + 3. VENC subdevice module + Responsible for setting outputs provided through internal DACs and also + setting timings at LCD controller port when external encoders are connected + at the port or LCD panel timings required. When external encoder/LCD panel + is connected, the timings for a specific standard/preset is retrieved from + the board specific table and the values are used to set the timings in + venc using non-standard timing mode. + + Support LCD Panel displays using the VENC. For example to support a Logic + PD display, it requires setting up the LCD controller port with a set of + timings for the resolution supported and setting the dot clock. So we could + add the available outputs as a board specific entry (i.e add the "LogicPD" + output name to board-xxx-evm.c). A table of timings for various LCDs + supported can be maintained in the board specific setup file to support + various LCD displays.As of this patch a basic driver is present, and this + support for external encoders and displays forms a part of the next + patch series. + + 4. OSD module + OSD module implements all OSD layer management and hardware specific + features. The VPBE module interacts with the OSD for enabling and + disabling appropriate features of the OSD. + + Current status:- + + A fully functional working version of the V4L2 driver is available. This + driver has been tested with NTSC and PAL standards and buffer streaming. + + Following are TBDs. + + vpbe display controller + - Add support for external encoders. + - add support for selecting external encoder as default at probe time. + + vpbe venc sub device + - add timings for supporting ths8200 + - add support for LogicPD LCD. + + FB drivers + - Add support for fbdev drivers.- Ready and part of subsequent patches.