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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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3.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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6Rockchip Image Signal Processor (rkisp1)
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8
9Introduction
10============
11
12This file documents the driver for the Rockchip ISP1 that is part of RK3288
13and RK3399 SoCs. The driver is located under drivers/media/platform/rockchip/
14rkisp1 and uses the Media-Controller API.
15
16Revisions
17=========
18
19There exist multiple smaller revisions to this ISP that got introduced in
20later SoCs. Revisions can be found in the enum :c:type:`rkisp1_cif_isp_version`
21in the UAPI and the revision of the ISP inside the running SoC can be read
22in the field hw_revision of struct media_device_info as returned by
23ioctl MEDIA_IOC_DEVICE_INFO.
24
25Versions in use are:
26
27- RKISP1_V10: used at least in rk3288 and rk3399
28- RKISP1_V11: declared in the original vendor code, but not used
29- RKISP1_V12: used at least in rk3326 and px30
30- RKISP1_V13: used at least in rk1808
31
32Topology
33========
34.. _rkisp1_topology_graph:
35
36.. kernel-figure:: rkisp1.dot
37    :alt:   Diagram of the default media pipeline topology
38    :align: center
39
40
41The driver has 4 video devices:
42
43- rkisp1_mainpath: capture device for retrieving images, usually in higher
44  resolution.
45- rkisp1_selfpath: capture device for retrieving images.
46- rkisp1_stats: a metadata capture device that sends statistics.
47- rkisp1_params: a metadata output device that receives parameters
48  configurations from userspace.
49
50The driver has 3 subdevices:
51
52- rkisp1_resizer_mainpath: used to resize and downsample frames for the
53  mainpath capture device.
54- rkisp1_resizer_selfpath: used to resize and downsample frames for the
55  selfpath capture device.
56- rkisp1_isp: is connected to the sensor and is responsible for all the isp
57  operations.
58
59
60rkisp1_mainpath, rkisp1_selfpath - Frames Capture Video Nodes
61-------------------------------------------------------------
62Those are the `mainpath` and `selfpath` capture devices to capture frames.
63Those entities are the DMA engines that write the frames to memory.
64The selfpath video device can capture YUV/RGB formats. Its input is YUV encoded
65stream and it is able to convert it to RGB. The selfpath is not able to
66capture bayer formats.
67The mainpath can capture both bayer and YUV formats but it is not able to
68capture RGB formats.
69Both capture videos support
70the ``V4L2_CAP_IO_MC`` :ref:`capability <device-capabilities>`.
71
72
73rkisp1_resizer_mainpath, rkisp1_resizer_selfpath - Resizers Subdevices Nodes
74----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75Those are resizer entities for the mainpath and the selfpath. Those entities
76can scale the frames up and down and also change the YUV sampling (for example
77YUV4:2:2 -> YUV4:2:0). They also have cropping capability on the sink pad.
78The resizers entities can only operate on YUV:4:2:2 format
79(MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_2X8).
80The mainpath capture device supports capturing video in bayer formats. In that
81case the resizer of the mainpath is set to 'bypass' mode - it just forward the
82frame without operating on it.
83
84rkisp1_isp - Image Signal Processing Subdevice Node
85---------------------------------------------------
86This is the isp entity. It is connected to the sensor on sink pad 0 and
87receives the frames using the CSI-2 protocol. It is responsible of configuring
88the CSI-2 protocol. It has a cropping capability on sink pad 0 that is
89connected to the sensor and on source pad 2 connected to the resizer entities.
90Cropping on sink pad 0 defines the image region from the sensor.
91Cropping on source pad 2 defines the region for the Image Stabilizer (IS).
92
93.. _rkisp1_stats:
94
95rkisp1_stats - Statistics Video Node
96------------------------------------
97The statistics video node outputs the 3A (auto focus, auto exposure and auto
98white balance) statistics, and also histogram statistics for the frames that
99are being processed by the rkisp1 to userspace applications.
100Using these data, applications can implement algorithms and re-parameterize
101the driver through the rkisp_params node to improve image quality during a
102video stream.
103The buffer format is defined by struct :c:type:`rkisp1_stat_buffer`, and
104userspace should set
105:ref:`V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_STAT_3A <v4l2-meta-fmt-rk-isp1-stat-3a>` as the
106dataformat.
107
108.. _rkisp1_params:
109
110rkisp1_params - Parameters Video Node
111-------------------------------------
112The rkisp1_params video node receives a set of parameters from userspace
113to be applied to the hardware during a video stream, allowing userspace
114to dynamically modify values such as black level, cross talk corrections
115and others.
116
117The ISP driver supports two different parameters configuration methods, the
118`fixed parameters format` or the `extensible parameters format`.
119
120When using the `fixed parameters` method the buffer format is defined by struct
121:c:type:`rkisp1_params_cfg`, and userspace should set
122:ref:`V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_PARAMS <v4l2-meta-fmt-rk-isp1-params>` as the
123dataformat.
124
125When using the `extensible parameters` method the buffer format is defined by
126struct :c:type:`rkisp1_ext_params_cfg`, and userspace should set
127:ref:`V4L2_META_FMT_RK_ISP1_EXT_PARAMS <v4l2-meta-fmt-rk-isp1-ext-params>` as
128the dataformat.
129
130Capturing Video Frames Example
131==============================
132
133In the following example, the sensor connected to pad 0 of 'rkisp1_isp' is
134imx219.
135
136The following commands can be used to capture video from the selfpath video
137node with dimension 900x800 planar format YUV 4:2:2. It uses all cropping
138capabilities possible, (see explanation right below)
139
140.. code-block:: bash
141
142	# set the links
143	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "-r"
144	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "-l" "'imx219 4-0010':0 -> 'rkisp1_isp':0 [1]"
145	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "-l" "'rkisp1_isp':2 -> 'rkisp1_resizer_selfpath':0 [1]"
146	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "-l" "'rkisp1_isp':2 -> 'rkisp1_resizer_mainpath':0 [0]"
147
148	# set format for imx219 4-0010:0
149	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "--set-v4l2" '"imx219 4-0010":0 [fmt:SRGGB10_1X10/1640x1232]'
150
151	# set format for rkisp1_isp pads:
152	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "--set-v4l2" '"rkisp1_isp":0 [fmt:SRGGB10_1X10/1640x1232 crop: (0,0)/1600x1200]'
153	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "--set-v4l2" '"rkisp1_isp":2 [fmt:YUYV8_2X8/1600x1200 crop: (0,0)/1500x1100]'
154
155	# set format for rkisp1_resizer_selfpath pads:
156	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "--set-v4l2" '"rkisp1_resizer_selfpath":0 [fmt:YUYV8_2X8/1500x1100 crop: (300,400)/1400x1000]'
157	"media-ctl" "-d" "platform:rkisp1" "--set-v4l2" '"rkisp1_resizer_selfpath":1 [fmt:YUYV8_2X8/900x800]'
158
159	# set format for rkisp1_selfpath:
160	"v4l2-ctl" "-z" "platform:rkisp1" "-d" "rkisp1_selfpath" "-v" "width=900,height=800,"
161	"v4l2-ctl" "-z" "platform:rkisp1" "-d" "rkisp1_selfpath" "-v" "pixelformat=422P"
162
163	# start streaming:
164	v4l2-ctl "-z" "platform:rkisp1" "-d" "rkisp1_selfpath" "--stream-mmap" "--stream-count" "10"
165
166
167In the above example the sensor is configured to bayer format:
168`SRGGB10_1X10/1640x1232`. The rkisp1_isp:0 pad should be configured to the
169same mbus format and dimensions as the sensor, otherwise streaming will fail
170with 'EPIPE' error. So it is also configured to `SRGGB10_1X10/1640x1232`.
171In addition, the rkisp1_isp:0 pad is configured to cropping `(0,0)/1600x1200`.
172
173The cropping dimensions are automatically propagated to be the format of the
174isp source pad `rkisp1_isp:2`. Another cropping operation is configured on
175the isp source pad: `(0,0)/1500x1100`.
176
177The resizer's sink pad `rkisp1_resizer_selfpath` should be configured to format
178`YUYV8_2X8/1500x1100` in order to match the format on the other side of the
179link. In addition a cropping `(300,400)/1400x1000` is configured on it.
180
181The source pad of the resizer, `rkisp1_resizer_selfpath:1` is configured to
182format `YUYV8_2X8/900x800`. That means that the resizer first crop a window
183of `(300,400)/1400x100` from the received frame and then scales this window
184to dimension `900x800`.
185
186Note that the above example does not uses the stats-params control loop.
187Therefore the capture frames will not go through the 3A algorithms and
188probably won't have a good quality, and can even look dark and greenish.
189
190Configuring Quantization
191========================
192
193The driver supports limited and full range quantization on YUV formats,
194where limited is the default.
195To switch between one or the other, userspace should use the Colorspace
196Conversion API (CSC) for subdevices on source pad 2 of the
197isp (`rkisp1_isp:2`). The quantization configured on this pad is the
198quantization of the captured video frames on the mainpath and selfpath
199video nodes.
200Note that the resizer and capture entities will always report
201``V4L2_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT`` even if the quantization is configured to full
202range on `rkisp1_isp:2`. So in order to get the configured quantization,
203application should get it from pad `rkisp1_isp:2`.
204
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