[PATCH 06/10] media: uapi: v4l-ctrls: Add CID base for the bcm2835-isp driver

Jai Luthra jai.luthra at ideasonboard.com
Tue Jan 13 01:05:26 PST 2026


From: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>

We are reserving controls for the new bcm2835-isp driver.

Signed-off-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra at ideasonboard.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/media/bcm2835-isp.rst    | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../userspace-api/media/drivers/index.rst          |   1 +
 include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h                 |   6 +
 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bcm2835-isp.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bcm2835-isp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1c19f78435e6b14d051607b6a8b0d4f442f0314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bcm2835-isp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+BCM2835 ISP Driver
+==================
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The BCM2835 Image Sensor Pipeline (ISP) is a fixed function hardware pipeline
+for performing image processing operations.  Images are fed to the input
+of the ISP through memory frame buffers.  These images may be in various YUV,
+RGB, or Bayer formats.  A typical use case would have Bayer images obtained from
+an image sensor by the BCM2835 Unicam peripheral, written to a memory
+frame buffer, and finally fed into the input of the ISP.  Two concurrent output
+images may be generated in YUV or RGB format at different resolutions.
+Statistics output is also generated for Bayer input images.
+
+The bcm2835-isp driver exposes the following media pads as V4L2 device nodes:
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |l|l|l|l|
+
+.. cssclass: longtable
+
+.. flat-table::
+
+    * - *Pad*
+      - *Direction*
+      - *Purpose*
+      - *Formats*
+
+    * - "bcm2835-isp0-output0"
+      - sink
+      - Accepts Bayer, RGB or YUV format frame buffers as input to the ISP HW
+        pipeline.
+      - :ref:`RAW8 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB8>`,
+        :ref:`RAW10P <V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB10P>`,
+        :ref:`RAW12P <V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB12P>`,
+        :ref:`RAW14P <V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB14P>`,
+        :ref:`RAW16 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB16>`,
+        :ref:`RGB24/BGR24 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB24>`,
+        :ref:`YUYV <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUYV>`,
+        :ref:`YVYU <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVYU>`,
+        :ref:`UYVY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-UYVY>`,
+        :ref:`VYUY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-VYUY>`,
+        :ref:`YUV420/YVU420 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV420>`
+
+    * - "bcm2835-isp0-capture1"
+      - source
+      - High resolution YUV or RGB processed output from the ISP.
+      - :ref:`RGB565 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB565>`,
+        :ref:`RGB24/BGR24 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB24>`,
+        :ref:`ABGR32 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-ABGR32>`,
+        :ref:`YUYV <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUYV>`,
+        :ref:`YVYU <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVYU>`,
+        :ref:`UYVY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-UYVY>`,
+        :ref:`VYUY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-VYUY>`.
+        :ref:`YUV420/YVU420 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV420>`,
+        :ref:`NV12/NV21 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-NV12>`,
+
+    * - "bcm2835-isp0-capture2"
+      - source
+      - Low resolution YUV processed output from the ISP. The output of
+        this pad cannot have a resolution larger than the "bcm2835-isp0-capture1" pad in any dimension.
+      - :ref:`YUYV <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUYV>`,
+        :ref:`YVYU <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVYU>`,
+        :ref:`UYVY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-UYVY>`,
+        :ref:`VYUY <V4L2-PIX-FMT-VYUY>`.
+        :ref:`YUV420/YVU420 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV420>`,
+        :ref:`NV12/NV21 <V4L2-PIX-FMT-NV12>`,
+
+    * - "bcm2835-isp0-capture1"
+      - source
+      - Image statistics calculated from the input image provided on the
+        "bcm2835-isp0-output0" pad.  Statistics are only available for Bayer
+        format input images.
+      - :ref:`v4l2-meta-fmt-bcm2835-isp-stats`.
+
+Pipeline Configuration
+----------------------
+
+The ISP pipeline can be configure through user-space by calling
+:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` on the “bcm2835-isp0-output0”
+node with the appropriate parameters as shown in the table below.
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2cm}|p{5.0cm}|
+
+.. cssclass: longtable
+
+.. flat-table::
+
+    * - *id*
+      - *Parameter*
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_CC_MATRIX``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_custom_ccm`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_LENS_SHADING``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_lens_shading`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_BLACK_LEVEL``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_black_level`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_GEQ``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_geq`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_GAMMA``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_gamma`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_DENOISE``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_denoise`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_SHARPEN``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_sharpen`
+
+    * - ``V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_DPC``
+      - struct :c:type:`bcm2835_isp_dpc`
+
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
+Configuration Parameters
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bcm2835-isp.h
+   :functions: bcm2835_isp_rational bcm2835_isp_ccm bcm2835_isp_custom_ccm
+                bcm2835_isp_gain_format bcm2835_isp_lens_shading
+                bcm2835_isp_black_level bcm2835_isp_geq bcm2835_isp_gamma
+                bcm2835_isp_denoise bcm2835_isp_sharpen
+                bcm2835_isp_dpc_mode bcm2835_isp_dpc
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/index.rst
index 02967c9b18d6e90f414ccc1329c09bffee895e68..c4166be86ae9fff896b1094c59c049ba07b0f0a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/drivers/index.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ For more details see the file COPYING in the source distribution of Linux.
 	:numbered:
 
 	aspeed-video
+	bcm2835-isp
 	camera-sensor
 	ccs
 	cx2341x-uapi
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
index f84ed133a6c9b2ddc1aedbd582ddf78cb71f34e5..ef0b3116314b20f394db85854b770a792366869d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ enum v4l2_colorfx {
  */
 #define V4L2_CID_USER_MALI_C55_BASE		(V4L2_CID_USER_BASE + 0x1230)
 
+/*
+ * The base for the bcm2835-isp driver controls.
+ * We reserve 16 controls for this driver.
+ */
+#define V4L2_CID_USER_BCM2835_ISP_BASE		(V4L2_CID_USER_BASE + 0x1240)
+
 /* MPEG-class control IDs */
 /* The MPEG controls are applicable to all codec controls
  * and the 'MPEG' part of the define is historical */

-- 
2.52.0




More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list