[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] pipeline: raspberrypi: Add support for Video Mux and Bridge devices

Naushir Patuck naush at raspberrypi.com
Thu Dec 9 16:17:36 CET 2021


On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 13:32, Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com> wrote:

> This change will allow the pipeline handler to enumerate and control Video
> Mux or Bridge devices that may be attached between sensors and a particular
> Unicam instance. Cascaded mux or bridge devices are also handled.
>
> A new member function enumerateVideoDevices(), called from
> registerCamera(), is
> used to identify and open all mux and bridge subdevices present in the
> sensor -> Unicam link.
>
> Relevent links are enabled/disabled and pad formats correctly set in
> configure()
> before the camera is started.
>
> Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  .../pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp      | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 119 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> index 2a2fb5273eb8..49dbefd8637c 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <mutex>
>  #include <queue>
>  #include <unordered_set>
> +#include <utility>
>
>  #include <libcamera/base/shared_fd.h>
>  #include <libcamera/base/utils.h>
> @@ -220,6 +221,11 @@ public:
>         std::vector<RPi::Stream *> streams_;
>         /* Stores the ids of the buffers mapped in the IPA. */
>         std::unordered_set<unsigned int> ipaBuffers_;
> +       /*
> +        * Stores a cascade of Video Mux or Bridge devices between the
> sensor and
> +        * Unicam together with media link across the entities.
> +        */
> +       std::vector<std::pair<std::unique_ptr<V4L2Subdevice>, MediaLink
> *>> bridgeDevices_;
>
>         /* DMAHEAP allocation helper. */
>         RPi::DmaHeap dmaHeap_;
> @@ -311,6 +317,7 @@ private:
>         }
>
>         int registerCamera(MediaDevice *unicam, MediaDevice *isp,
> MediaEntity *sensorEntity);
> +       void enumerateVideoDevices(RPiCameraData *data, MediaLink *link);
>         int queueAllBuffers(Camera *camera);
>         int prepareBuffers(Camera *camera);
>         void freeBuffers(Camera *camera);
> @@ -868,6 +875,33 @@ int PipelineHandlerRPi::configure(Camera *camera,
> CameraConfiguration *config)
>          */
>         data->properties_.set(properties::ScalerCropMaximum,
> data->sensorInfo_.analogCrop);
>
> +       /* Setup the Video Mux/Bridge entities. */
> +       for (auto &[device, link] : data->bridgeDevices_) {
> +               /* Start by disabling all the sink pad links on the
> devices in the cascade. */
> +               for (const MediaPad *p : device->entity()->pads()) {
> +                       if (!(p->flags() & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK))
> +                               continue;
> +
> +                       for (MediaLink *l : p->links())
> +                               l->setEnabled(false);
> +               }
> +
> +               /* Next, enable the entity -> entity links, and setup the
> pad format. */
> +               link->setEnabled(true);
> +               const MediaPad *srcPad = link->sink();
> +               ret = device->setFormat(srcPad->index(), &sensorFormat);
> +               if (ret) {
> +                       LOG(RPI, Error) << "Failed to set format on " <<
> device->entity()->name()
> +                                       << " pad " << srcPad->index()
> +                                       << " with format  " <<
> format.toString()
> +                                       << ": " << ret;
> +                       return ret;
> +               }
> +
> +               LOG(RPI, Info) << "Configured media link on device " <<
> device->entity()->name()
> +                              << " on pad " << srcPad->index();
> +       }
> +
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> @@ -1098,6 +1132,13 @@ int PipelineHandlerRPi::registerCamera(MediaDevice
> *unicam, MediaDevice *isp, Me
>         if (data->sensor_->init())
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
> +       /*
> +        * Enumerate all the Video Mux/Bridge devices across the sensor ->
> unicam
> +        * link. There may be a cascade of devices in this link!
> +        */
> +       MediaLink *link = sensorEntity->getPadByIndex(0)->links()[0];
> +       enumerateVideoDevices(data.get(), link);
> +
>         data->sensorFormats_ = populateSensorFormats(data->sensor_);
>
>         ipa::RPi::SensorConfig sensorConfig;
> @@ -1224,6 +1265,84 @@ int PipelineHandlerRPi::registerCamera(MediaDevice
> *unicam, MediaDevice *isp, Me
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * enumerateVideoDevices() iterates over the Media Controller topology,
> starting
> + * at the sensor and finishing at Unicam. For each sensor, RPiCameraData
> stores
> + * a unique list of any intermediate video mux or bridge devices
> connected in a
> + * cascade, together with the entity to entity link.
> + *
> + * Entity pad configuration and link enabling happens at the end of
> configure().
> + * We first disables all pad links on each entity device in the chain,
> and then
> + * selectively enabling the specific links to link sensor to Unicam
> across all
> + * intermediate muxes and bridges.
> + *
> + * In the cascaded topology below, if Sensor1 is used, the Mux2 -> Mux1
> link
> + * will be disabled, and Sensor1 -> Mux1 -> Unicam links enabled.
> Alternatively,
> + * if Sensor3 is used, the Sensor2 -> Mux2 and Sensor1 -> Mux1 links are
> disabled,
> + * and Sensor3 -> Mux2 -> Mux1 -> Unicam links are enabled. All other
> links will
> + * remain unchanged.
> + *
> + *  +----------+
> + *  |  Unicam  |
> + *  +-----^----+
> + *        |
> + *    +---+---+
> + *    |  Mux1 <-------+
> + *    +--^----+       |
> + *       |            |
> + * +-----+---+    +---+---+
> + * | Sensor1 |    |  Mux2 |<--+
> + * +---------+    +-^-----+   |
> + *                  |         |
> + *          +-------+-+   +---+-----+
> + *          | Sensor2 |   | Sensor3 |
> + *          +---------+   +---------+
> + */
> +void PipelineHandlerRPi::enumerateVideoDevices(RPiCameraData *data,
> MediaLink *link)
> +{
> +       const MediaPad *sinkPad = link->sink();
> +       const MediaEntity *entity = sinkPad->entity();
> +       bool unicamFound = false;
> +
> +       /* We only deal with Video Mux and Bridge devices in cascade. */
> +       if (entity->function() != MEDIA_ENT_F_VID_MUX &&
> +           entity->function() != MEDIA_ENT_F_VID_IF_BRIDGE)
> +               return;
>

I wonder if I should have a test here to ensure that the entity should only
ever have one source pad? If not, return without traversing down this
cascade.  Or are Video Mux and Bridge devices guaranteed to have
only one source pad?


> +
> +       LOG(RPI, Info) << "Found video mux device " << entity->name()
> +                      << " linked to sink pad " << sinkPad->index();
> +
> +
>  data->bridgeDevices_.emplace_back(std::make_unique<V4L2Subdevice>(entity),
> link);
> +       data->bridgeDevices_.back().first->open();
> +
> +       for (const MediaPad *pad : entity->pads()) {
> +               /*
> +                * Iterate through all the sink pads down the cascade to
> find any
> +                * other Video Mux and Bridge devices.
> +                */
> +               if (!(pad->flags() & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE))
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               for (MediaLink *l : pad->links()) {
> +                       enumerateVideoDevices(data, l);
> +                       if (l->sink()->entity()->name() == "unicam-image")
> +                               unicamFound = true;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       /* This identifies the end of our entity enumeration recursion. */
> +       if (link->source()->entity()->function() ==
> MEDIA_ENT_F_CAM_SENSOR) {
> +               /*
> +               * If Unicam is not at the end of this cascade, we cannot
> configure
> +               * this topology automatically, so remove all entity
> references.
> +               */
> +               if (!unicamFound) {
> +                       LOG(RPI, Warning) << "Cannot automatically
> configure this MC topology!";
> +                       data->bridgeDevices_.clear();
> +               }
> +       }
> +}
> +
>  int PipelineHandlerRPi::queueAllBuffers(Camera *camera)
>  {
>         RPiCameraData *data = cameraData(camera);
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>
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