[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] controls: build: Allow separate vendor control YAML files

Naushir Patuck naush at raspberrypi.com
Wed Nov 22 16:53:03 CET 2023


Hi Jacopo,

On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 at 15:24, Jacopo Mondi
<jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Naush
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 02:53:47PM +0000, Naushir Patuck via libcamera-devel wrote:
> > Add support for using separate YAML files for vendor specific controls.
> > This simplifies management of vendor control definitions and avoids
> > possible merge conflicts when changing the control_ids.yaml file for
> > core and draft controls. The mapping of vendor/pipeline handler to
> > control file is done through the vendor_controls_mapping variable in
> > include/libcamera/meson.build.
> >
> > Add a new control_ids_rpi.yaml file to hold the Raspberry Pi specific
> > vendor controls. This contains a single control PispConfigDumpFile that
> > will be used in the Pi 5 pipeline handler as a trigger to dump the
> > Backend configuration as a JSON file.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
> > ---
> >  include/libcamera/meson.build       | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  meson.build                         |  2 ++
> >  src/libcamera/control_ids_rpi.yaml  | 16 +++++++++++
> >  src/libcamera/meson.build           | 12 +++++++++
> >  src/py/libcamera/gen-py-controls.py | 10 +++----
> >  src/py/libcamera/meson.build        |  8 ++++++
> >  utils/gen-controls.py               | 12 +++++----
> >  7 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 src/libcamera/control_ids_rpi.yaml
> >
> > diff --git a/include/libcamera/meson.build b/include/libcamera/meson.build
> > index 5fb772e6dd14..54123c5b858d 100644
> > --- a/include/libcamera/meson.build
> > +++ b/include/libcamera/meson.build
> > @@ -38,10 +38,50 @@ control_source_files = {
> >      'property_ids': 'properties',
> >  }
>
> I really like the series, but this patch is the piece I like less.
>
> >
> > +vendor_controls_mapping = {
> > +    # Mapping of vendor (pipeline handler) specific controls files
> > +    'controls':
> > +    {
>
> Isn't this usually written as
>
>         'controls' : {
>
>         }
>
> in meson ?
>
> > +        'rpi/pisp': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml',
> > +        'rpi/vc4': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml'
> > +    },
> > +    # Mapping of vendor (pipeline handler) specific properties files
> > +    'properties':
> > +    {
> > +
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> >  control_headers = []
> > +vendor_ctrl_files = []
> > +vendor_prop_files = []
> >
> >  foreach header, mode : control_source_files
> > -    input_files = files('../../src/libcamera/' + header +'.yaml')
> > +
> > +    # Start by populating the vendor specific mappings into vendor_ctrl_files
> > +    # and vendor_prop_files. These will be cached for later use.
> > +    vendor_files = []
> > +    foreach pipeline, file : vendor_controls_mapping[mode]
> > +        if pipeline not in pipelines
> > +            continue
> > +        endif
> > +        if file not in vendor_files
> > +            vendor_files += file
> > +        endif
> > +    endforeach
> > +
> > +    if mode == 'controls'
> > +        vendor_ctrl_files = vendor_files
> > +    else
> > +        vendor_prop_files = vendor_files
> > +    endif
> > +
> > +    input_files = files('../../src/libcamera/' + header + '.yaml')
> > +
> > +    foreach file : vendor_files
> > +        input_files += files('../../src/libcamera/' + file)
> > +    endforeach
> > +
>
> Wouldn't it be simpler if we try to handle libcamera, draft and vendor
> controls as first class citizens in the same manner, instead of
> maintaing the "libcamera" ones on a different level ?
>
> I guess if we could do something like:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> controls_map {
>         'controls' : {
>                 'libcamera' : controls_ids.yaml,
>                 'drafts' : controls_ids_draft.yaml
>                 'rpi/pisp': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml',
>                 'rpi/vc4': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml'
>         }
>
>         'properties' = {
>                 'libcamera' : controls_ids.yaml,
>                 'drafts' : controls_ids_draft.yaml
>         }
> }
>
> control_headers = []
> ranges_file = files('../../src/libcamera/control_ranges.yaml')
> foreach mode, entry : controls_map
>     files_list = []
>     input_files=[]
>     foreach vendor, header : entry
>         if vendor != 'libcamera' or vendor != 'draft'
>             if vendor not in pipelines
>                 continue
>             endif
>         endif
>
>         if header in files_list
>             continue
>         endif
>         files_list += header
>
>         input_files += files('../../src/libcamera/' + header)
>     endforeach
>
>     outfile=''
>     if mode == 'controls'
>         outfile = 'control_ids.h'
>     else
>         outfile = 'property_ids.h'
>     endif
>
>     template = outfile + '.in'
>     control_headers += custom_target(header + '_h',
>                                      input : input_files,
>                                      output : outfile,
>                                      command : [gen_controls, '-o', '@OUTPUT@',
>                                                 '--mode', mode, '-t', template,
>                                                 '-r', ranges_file, '@INPUT@'],
>                                      install : true,
>                                      install_dir : libcamera_headers_install_dir)
> endforeach
>
> libcamera_public_headers += control_headers
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> isn't it nicer ?
>
> The above code is valid in meson, but the meson.build in
> src/libcamera/ should be updated accordingly.
>
> In general, I think the relevant part here is
>
> controls_map {
>         'controls' : {
>                 'libcamera' : controls_ids.yaml,
>                 'drafts' : controls_ids_draft.yaml
>                 'rpi/pisp': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml',
>                 'rpi/vc4': 'control_ids_rpi.yaml'
>         }
>
>         'properties' = {
>                 'libcamera' : controls_ids.yaml,
>                 'drafts' : controls_ids_draft.yaml
>         }
> }
>
> As seeing all the supported controls and properties listed together
> might be easier to maintain and parse ?
>
> What do you think ?

That looks reasonable.  I guess I wanted to keep things seperate for
vendor controls, but no reason not to combine the libcamera/draft and
vendor cases into one list.  I can make this change for v3.

Regards,
Naush


>
>
> >      template_file = files(header + '.h.in')
> >      control_headers += custom_target(header + '_h',
> >                                       input : input_files,
> > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> > index e9a1c7e360ce..1423abf16c77 100644
> > --- a/meson.build
> > +++ b/meson.build
> > @@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ py_mod.find_installation('python3', modules : py_modules)
> >  summary({
> >              'Enabled pipelines': pipelines,
> >              'Enabled IPA modules': enabled_ipa_names,
> > +            'Vendor controls': vendor_ctrl_files,
> > +            'Vendor properties': vendor_prop_files,
> >              'Hotplug support': libudev.found(),
> >              'Tracing support': tracing_enabled,
> >              'Android support': android_enabled,
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/control_ids_rpi.yaml b/src/libcamera/control_ids_rpi.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..a6f8b43a5f62
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/control_ids_rpi.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> > +#
> > +# Copyright (C) 2023, Raspberry Pi Ltd
> > +#
> > +%YAML 1.1
> > +---
> > +vendor: rpi
> > +controls:
> > +  - PispConfigDumpFile:
> > +      type: string
> > +      description: |
> > +        Triggers the Raspberry Pi PiSP pipeline handler to generate a JSON
> > +        formatted dump of the Backend configuration to the filename given by the
> > +        value of the control.
> > +
> > +...
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
> > index 05ee38daf22b..7eb26ccbb7f5 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
> > @@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ control_sources = []
> >
> >  foreach source, mode : control_source_files
> >      input_files = files(source +'.yaml')
> > +
> > +    # Add the vendor specific files to the input.
> > +    if mode == 'controls'
> > +        vendor_files = vendor_ctrl_files
> > +    else
> > +        vendor_files = vendor_prop_files
> > +    endif
> > +
> > +    foreach file : vendor_files
> > +        input_files += files(file)
> > +    endforeach
> > +
> >      template_file = files(source + '.cpp.in')
> >      control_sources += custom_target(source + '_cpp',
> >                                       input : input_files,
> > diff --git a/src/py/libcamera/gen-py-controls.py b/src/py/libcamera/gen-py-controls.py
> > index ea28f0139f23..e2ddad8581fd 100755
> > --- a/src/py/libcamera/gen-py-controls.py
> > +++ b/src/py/libcamera/gen-py-controls.py
> > @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def main(argv):
> >      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
> >      parser.add_argument('-o', dest='output', metavar='file', type=str,
> >                          help='Output file name. Defaults to standard output if not specified.')
> > -    parser.add_argument('input', type=str,
> > +    parser.add_argument('input', type=str, nargs='+',
> >                          help='Input file name.')
> >      parser.add_argument('-t', dest='template', type=str, required=True,
> >                          help='Template file name.')
> > @@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ def main(argv):
> >          print(f'Invalid mode option "{args.mode}"', file=sys.stderr)
> >          return -1
> >
> > -    data = open(args.input, 'rb').read()
> > -
> >      controls = {}
> > -    vendor = yaml.safe_load(data)['vendor']
> > -    controls[vendor] = yaml.safe_load(data)['controls']
> > +    for input in args.input:
> > +        data = open(input, 'rb').read()
> > +        vendor = yaml.safe_load(data)['vendor']
> > +        controls[vendor] = yaml.safe_load(data)['controls']
> >
> >      data = generate_py(controls, args.mode)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/py/libcamera/meson.build b/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
> > index 1c3ea1843ac0..ea38ad6ca829 100644
> > --- a/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
> > +++ b/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
> > @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ gen_py_controls_template = files('py_controls_generated.cpp.in')
> >
> >  gen_py_controls = files('gen-py-controls.py')
> >
> > +foreach file : vendor_ctrl_files
> > +    gen_py_controls_input_files += files('../../libcamera/' + file)
> > +endforeach
> > +
> >  pycamera_sources += custom_target('py_gen_controls',
> >                                    input : gen_py_controls_input_files,
> >                                    output : ['py_controls_generated.cpp'],
> > @@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ pycamera_sources += custom_target('py_gen_controls',
> >  gen_py_property_enums_input_files = files('../../libcamera/property_ids.yaml')
> >  gen_py_properties_template = files('py_properties_generated.cpp.in')
> >
> > +foreach file : vendor_prop_files
> > +    gen_py_property_enums_input_files += files('../../libcamera/' + file)
> > +endforeach
> > +
> >  pycamera_sources += custom_target('py_gen_properties',
> >                                    input : gen_py_property_enums_input_files,
> >                                    output : ['py_properties_generated.cpp'],
> > diff --git a/utils/gen-controls.py b/utils/gen-controls.py
> > index 8af33d29cd07..d7862142b8c1 100755
> > --- a/utils/gen-controls.py
> > +++ b/utils/gen-controls.py
> > @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def main(argv):
> >      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
> >      parser.add_argument('-o', dest='output', metavar='file', type=str,
> >                          help='Output file name. Defaults to standard output if not specified.')
> > -    parser.add_argument('input', type=str,
> > +    parser.add_argument('input', type=str, nargs='+',
> >                          help='Input file name.')
> >      parser.add_argument('-t', dest='template', type=str, required=True,
> >                          help='Template file name.')
> > @@ -367,10 +367,12 @@ def main(argv):
> >                          help='Mode of operation')
> >      args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
> >
> > -    data = open(args.input, 'rb').read()
> > -    vendor = yaml.safe_load(data)['vendor']
> > -    controls = yaml.safe_load(data)['controls']
> > -    controls = [Control(*ctrl.popitem(), vendor) for ctrl in controls]
> > +    controls = []
> > +    for input in args.input:
> > +        data = open(input, 'rb').read()
> > +        vendor = yaml.safe_load(data)['vendor']
> > +        ctrls = yaml.safe_load(data)['controls']
> > +        controls = controls + [Control(*ctrl.popitem(), vendor) for ctrl in ctrls]
> >
> >      if args.template.endswith('.cpp.in'):
> >          data = generate_cpp(controls)
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >


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