Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] media: mtk-vcodec: support for MT8183 decoder

[Hans Verkuil]

On 27/04/2021 13:15, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> This series adds support for the stateless API into mtk-vcodec, by first
> separating the stateful ops into their own source file, and introducing
> a new set of ops suitable for stateless decoding. As such, support for
> stateful decoders should remain completely unaffected.
> 
> This series has been tested with both MT8183 and MT8173. Decoding was
> working for both chips, and in the case of MT8173 no regression has been
> noticed.
> 
> Patches 1-9 add MT8183 support to the decoder using the stateless API.
> MT8183 only support H.264 acceleration.
> 
> Patches 10-15 are follow-ups that further improve compliance for the
> decoder and encoder, by fixing support for commands on both. Patch 11
> also makes sure that supported H.264 profiles are exported on MT8173.

For a v5 I would recommend that - where possible - these 'improve compliance'
patches are moved to the beginning of the series. That way they can be picked
up quickly without having to wait for the whole series to be accepted.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Changes since v3:
> * Stop checking that controls are set for every request.
> * Add V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_START_CODE control.
> * Stop mapping OUTPUT buffers and getting the NAL type from them, use the
>   nal_ref_idc field instead.
> * Make V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_CAPTURE control stateful-only.
> * Set vb2_buffer's field to V4L2_FIELD_NONE in buffer validation hook.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> * Add follow-up patches fixing support for START/STOP commands for the
>   encoder, and stateful decoder.
> 
> Alexandre Courbot (8):
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: handle firmware version field
>   media: mtk-vcodec: support version 2 of decoder firmware ABI
>   media: add Mediatek's MM21 format
>   dt-bindings: media: document mediatek,mt8183-vcodec-dec
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: use helpers in VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: clamp OUTPUT resolution to hardware limits
>   media: mtk-vcodec: make flush buffer reusable by encoder
>   media: mtk-vcodec: venc: support START and STOP commands
> 
> Hirokazu Honda (1):
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: Support H264 profile control
> 
> Hsin-Yi Wang (1):
>   media: mtk-vcodec: venc: make sure buffer exists in list before
>     removing
> 
> Yunfei Dong (5):
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: move stateful ops into their own file
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: support stateless API
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: support stateless H.264 decoding
>   media: mtk-vcodec: vdec: add media device if using stateless api
>   media: mtk-vcodec: enable MT8183 decoder
> 
>  .../bindings/media/mediatek-vcodec.txt        |   1 +
>  .../media/v4l/pixfmt-reserved.rst             |   7 +
>  drivers/media/platform/Kconfig                |   2 +
>  drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/Makefile    |   3 +
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c      | 818 +++---------------
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.h      |  28 +-
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c  |  66 +-
>  .../mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c      | 667 ++++++++++++++
>  .../mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c     | 370 ++++++++
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_drv.h      |  58 +-
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc.c      | 135 ++-
>  .../platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc_drv.c  |   4 +
>  .../mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_h264_req_if.c        | 780 +++++++++++++++++
>  .../media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_drv_if.c   |   3 +
>  .../media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_drv_if.h   |   1 +
>  .../media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_ipi_msg.h  |  23 +-
>  .../media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c   |  43 +-
>  .../media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.h   |   5 +
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c          |   1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                |   1 +
>  20 files changed, 2293 insertions(+), 723 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec/vdec_h264_req_if.c
> 
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