[PATCH 0/3] Handling of reduced FPS in V4L2

[Jose Abreu]

Hi all,

This is a follow up patch from this discussion [1]. It should be
seen more as a starting point to introduce better handling of
time per frame in v4l2. Quoting Hans Verkuil from [1]:

1) "Add a flag V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS. If set,
then the hw can detect the difference between regular fps
and 1000/1001 fps. Note: this is only valid for timings of
VIC codes with the V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_REDUCE_FPS flag set."

2) "Allow V4L2_DV_FL_REDUCED_FPS to be used for receivers
if V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS is set."

3) "For standard VIC codes the pixelclock returned by
query_dv_timings is that of the corresponding VIC timing,
not what is measured. This will ensure fixed fps values"

4) "g_parm should calculate the fps based on the v4l2_bt_timings
struct, looking at the REDUCES_FPS flags. For those receivers that
cannot detect the difference, the fps will be 24/30/60 Hz, for
those that can detect the difference g_parm can check if both
V4L2_DV_FL_CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS and V4L2_DV_FL_REDUCED_FPS are
set and reduce the fps by 1000/1001."

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In terms of implementation:
	- Point 1) is done in patch 1/3
	- Point 2) and 3) should be done by a HDMI Receiver driver
	(I think?).
	- Point 4) is done in patch 2/3.
	- The patch 3/3 is a simple implementation (which was not
	tested) in the cobalt driver
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[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9609441/

Best regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu

Cc: Carlos Palminha <palminha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jose Abreu (3):
  [media] videodev2.h: Add new DV flag CAN_DETECT_REDUCED_FPS
  [media] v4l2-dv-timings: Introduce v4l2_calc_timeperframe helper
  [media] cobalt: Use v4l2_calc_timeperframe helper

 drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-v4l2.c    |  9 +++++--
 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dv-timings.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/media/v4l2-dv-timings.h           | 11 +++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h            |  7 ++++++
 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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