[PATCH] Add RGB555X and RGB565X formats to pxa-camera

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Sat Sep 5 17:17:23 EDT 2009


Dne So 5. září 2009 22:19:42 Guennadi Liakhovetski napsal(a):
> On Sat, 5 Sep 2009, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dne So 5. září 2009 10:55:55 Guennadi Liakhovetski napsal(a):
> > > On Sat, 5 Sep 2009, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > >  drivers/media/video/pxa_camera.c |    4 ++++
> > > > > > >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pxa_camera.c
> > > > > > > b/drivers/media/video/pxa_camera.c
> > > > > > > index 46e0d8a..de0fc8a 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/media/video/pxa_camera.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/media/video/pxa_camera.c
> > > > > > > @@ -1222,6 +1222,8 @@ static int required_buswidth(const struct
> > > > > > > soc_camera_data_format *fmt)
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVYU:
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565:
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555:
> > > > > > > +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565X:
> > > > > > > +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555X:
> > > > > > >  		return 8;
> > > > > > >  	default:
> > > > > > >  		return fmt->depth;
> > > > > > > @@ -1260,6 +1262,8 @@ static int pxa_camera_get_formats(struct
> > > > > > > soc_camera_device *icd, int idx,
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVYU:
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565:
> > > > > > >  	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555:
> > > > > > > +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565X:
> > > > > > > +	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB555X:
> > > > > > >  		formats++;
> > > > > > >  		if (xlate) {
> > > > > > >  			xlate->host_fmt = icd->formats + idx;
> > > >
> > > > What should we do with this patch? Any updates? I spoke to Guennadi
> > > > and he thinks it's not a good idea to apply it (as pxaqci doesnt
> > > > support those formats). But to my understanding, those formats are
> > > > endian-swapped versions of the other ones without X at the end so
> > > > there shouldnt be a problem with it.
> > >
> > > Marek, please, look in PXA270 datasheet. To support a specific pixel
> > > format means, e.g., to be able to process it further, according to this
> > > format's particular colour component ordering. Process further can mean
> > > convert to another format, extract various information from the data
> > > (statistics, etc.)... Now RGB555 looks like (from wikipedia)
> > >
> > > 15  14  13  12  11  10  09  08  07  06  05  04  03  02  01  00
> > > R4  R3  R2  R1  R0  G4  G3  G2  G1  G1  B4  B3  B2  B1  B1  --
> > >
> > > (Actually, I thought bit 15 was unused, but it doesn't matter for this
> > > discussion.) Now, imagine what happens if you swap the two bytes. I
> > > don't think the PXA will still be able to meaningfully process that
> > > format.
> >
> > Not on the pxa side, but on the camera side -- Bs and Rs swapped in the
> > diagram above.
>
> And then? Are you trying to tell me, that the PXA then swaps them back?...

No, the software has to do it then, I'm trying to tell you that it has nothing 
to do with PXA (as PXA really doesnt care if the channel is actually blue or 
red).
>
> Thanks
> Guennadi
> ---
> Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
> Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
> http://www.open-technology.de/



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