[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] media: Add Y012 video format

[Ming Qian]

>From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas at ndufresne.ca>
>Sent: 2023年2月14日 0:39
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>Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] media: Add Y012 video format
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>Le lundi 13 février 2023 à 09:22 +0000, Ming Qian a écrit :
>> > From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas at ndufresne.ca>
>> > Sent: 2023年2月10日 23:18
>> > To: Ming Qian <ming.qian at nxp.com>; mchehab at kernel.org; Mirela
>> > Rabulea
>> > (OSS) <mirela.rabulea at oss.nxp.com>; hverkuil-cisco at xs4all.nl
>> > Cc: shawnguo at kernel.org; s.hauer at pengutronix.de;
>> > kernel at pengutronix.de; festevam at gmail.com; X.H. Bao
>> > <xiahong.bao at nxp.com>; dl-linux-imx <linux- imx at nxp.com>;
>> > linux-media at vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org;
>> > devicetree at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
>> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] media: Add Y012 video format
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>> > Le mercredi 01 février 2023 à 14:02 +0800, Ming Qian a écrit :
>> > > Y012 is a luma-only formats with 12-bits per pixel, expanded to
>> > > 16bits.
>> > > Data in the 12 high bits, zeros in the 4 low bits, arranged in
>> > > little endian order.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Ming Qian <ming.qian at nxp.com>
>> > > ---
>> > >  .../userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-yuv-luma.rst       | 11 +++++++++++
>> > >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c                  |  1 +
>> > >  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h                        |  1 +
>> > >  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git
>> > > a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-yuv-luma.rst
>> > > b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-yuv-luma.rst
>> > > index 6a387f9df3ba..3ffa29000238 100644
>> > > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-yuv-luma.rst
>> > > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/pixfmt-yuv-luma.rst
>> > > @@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ are often referred to as greyscale formats.
>> > >        - ...
>> > >        - ...
>> > >
>> > > +    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-Y012:
>> >
>> > Why the 0, can't this be name Y12 (just like Y14) ?
>> >
>>
>> Hi Nicolas,
>>     As the V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y12 is defined, but it's data is in the 12 low
>> bits, zeros in the high bits.
>>     Here I want to place the 12 bits data in the high bits, with zeros
>> in the
>> 4 low bits.
>>     So I add 0 before 12, I want to say that the low bits are padding data 0.
>>
>>     Or do you have a better suggestion?
>
>I see, I had missed this aspect. I think in this context, it would be fair naming.
>Maybe drop a note in the doc saying just that:
>
>"In contrast to V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y12 format, which have its padding located in
>the most significant bits of the 16 bit word".
>
>Or something similar.,
>Nicolas

Hi Nicolas,
    Thanks very much, I'll include the description in v3 patch

>
>>
>> Ming
>>
>> > > +
>> > > +      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y012``
>> > > +      - 'Y012'
>> > > +
>> > > +      - Y'\ :sub:`0`\ [3:0] `0000`
>> > > +      - Y'\ :sub:`0`\ [11:4]
>> > > +      - ...
>> > > +      - ...
>> > > +      - ...
>> > > +
>> > >      * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-Y14:
>> > >
>> > >        - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y14``
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
>> > > b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
>> > > index 067dbdd0a9ef..0ee730aa6cc7 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
>> > > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
>> > > @@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ static void v4l_fill_fmtdesc(struct
>> > > v4l2_fmtdesc
>> > *fmt)
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y6:           descr = "6-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10:          descr = "10-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y12:          descr = "12-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > > +     case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y012:         descr = "12-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y14:          descr = "14-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16:          descr = "16-bit Greyscale"; break;
>> > >       case V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16_BE:       descr = "16-bit Greyscale BE";
>> > > break;
>> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> > > b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h index 5448aa3b7858..3d8f89bff33c
>> > > 100644
>> > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
>> > > @@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format {
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y6      v4l2_fourcc('Y', '0', '6', ' ') /*  6
>> > > Greyscale     */
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y10     v4l2_fourcc('Y', '1', '0', ' ') /* 10
>> > > Greyscale
>> > */
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y12     v4l2_fourcc('Y', '1', '2', ' ') /* 12
>> > > Greyscale
>> > */
>> > > +#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y012    v4l2_fourcc('Y', '0', '1', '2') /* 12
>> > > Greyscale
>> > */
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y14     v4l2_fourcc('Y', '1', '4', ' ') /* 14
>> > > Greyscale
>> > */
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16     v4l2_fourcc('Y', '1', '6', ' ') /* 16
>> > > Greyscale
>> > */
>> > >  #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_Y16_BE  v4l2_fourcc_be('Y', '1', '6', ' ')
>> > > /* 16 Greyscale BE  */
>>