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{ "id": 10890, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/10890/?format=api", "web_url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/patch/10890/", "project": { "id": 1, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/projects/1/?format=api", "name": "libcamera", "link_name": "libcamera", "list_id": "libcamera_core", "list_email": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "web_url": "", "scm_url": "", "webscm_url": "" }, "msgid": "<20210119143711.153517-3-jacopo@jmondi.org>", "date": "2021-01-19T14:37:02", "name": "[libcamera-devel,v2,02/11] libcamera: camera_sensor: Make V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE mandatory", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "accepted", "archived": false, "hash": "075d158ee656d5dbe464307a0da08bdc65e6fc58", "submitter": { "id": 3, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/people/3/?format=api", "name": "Jacopo Mondi", "email": "jacopo@jmondi.org" }, "delegate": { "id": 15, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/users/15/?format=api", "username": "jmondi", "first_name": "Jacopo", "last_name": "Mondi", "email": "jacopo@jmondi.org" }, "mbox": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/patch/10890/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 1584, "url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/series/1584/?format=api", "web_url": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/project/libcamera/list/?series=1584", "date": "2021-01-19T14:37:00", "name": "android: Exposure times + scaler crop + android metadata", "version": 2, "mbox": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/series/1584/mbox/" } ], "comments": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/10890/comments/", "check": "pending", "checks": "https://patchwork.libcamera.org/api/patches/10890/checks/", "tags": {}, "headers": { "Return-Path": "<libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org>", "X-Original-To": "parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org", "Delivered-To": "parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org", "Received": [ "from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (lancelot.ideasonboard.com\n\t[92.243.16.209])\n\tby patchwork.libcamera.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6A23BD808\n\tfor <parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org>;\n\tTue, 19 Jan 2021 14:37:00 +0000 (UTC)", "from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (localhost [IPv6:::1])\n\tby lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A9406815A;\n\tTue, 19 Jan 2021 15:37:00 +0100 (CET)", "from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (relay6-d.mail.gandi.net\n\t[217.70.183.198])\n\tby lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AE9568140\n\tfor <libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>;\n\tTue, 19 Jan 2021 15:36:58 +0100 (CET)", "from uno.LocalDomain (93-61-96-190.ip145.fastwebnet.it\n\t[93.61.96.190]) (Authenticated sender: jacopo@jmondi.org)\n\tby relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF004C001E\n\tfor <libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>;\n\tTue, 19 Jan 2021 14:36:57 +0000 (UTC)" ], "X-Originating-IP": "93.61.96.190", "From": "Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>", "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "Date": "Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:37:02 +0100", "Message-Id": "<20210119143711.153517-3-jacopo@jmondi.org>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.29.2", "In-Reply-To": "<20210119143711.153517-1-jacopo@jmondi.org>", "References": "<20210119143711.153517-1-jacopo@jmondi.org>", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 02/11] libcamera: camera_sensor: Make\n\tV4L2_CID_EXPOSURE mandatory", "X-BeenThere": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "<libcamera-devel.lists.libcamera.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/options/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.libcamera.org/listinfo/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=subscribe>", "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit", "Errors-To": "libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org", "Sender": "\"libcamera-devel\" <libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org>" }, "content": "Add the V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE control to the list of mandatory controls the\nsensor driver has to report and document this new requirement.\n\nWhile at it, re-sort the mandatory V4L2 controls in alphabetical\norder in the CameraSensor class.\n\nReviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>\nSigned-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>\n---\n Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst | 11 ++++++++++-\n src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp | 3 ++-\n 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst b/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst\nindex 0e658aaa03b5..187f1c921dbf 100644\n--- a/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst\n+++ b/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst\n@@ -24,13 +24,22 @@ The sensor driver is assumed to be fully compliant with the V4L2 specification.\n \n The sensor driver shall support the following V4L2 controls:\n \n+* `V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE`_\n * `V4L2_CID_HBLANK`_\n * `V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`_\n \n+.. _V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.html\n .. _V4L2_CID_HBLANK: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-source.html\n .. _V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-process.html\n \n-Both controls are used to compute the sensor output timings.\n+The `EXPOSURE` control shall report the image integration time in number of\n+lines. While V4L2 doesn't specify a unit for the `EXPOSURE` control, libcamera\n+requires it to be expressed as a number of image lines. Camera sensor drivers\n+that do not comply with this requirement will need to be adapted or will produce\n+incorrect results.\n+\n+The `HBLANK` and `PIXEL_RATE` controls are used to compute the sensor output\n+timings.\n \n Optional Requirements\n ---------------------\ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp\nindex 9abb9d330664..5774578fe61f 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp\n@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ int CameraSensor::validateSensorDriver()\n \t * - V4L2_CID_HBLANK is used to calculate the line length\n \t */\n \tconst std::vector<uint32_t> mandatoryControls{\n-\t\tV4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE,\n+\t\tV4L2_CID_EXPOSURE,\n \t\tV4L2_CID_HBLANK,\n+\t\tV4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE,\n \t};\n \n \tControlList ctrls = subdev_->getControls(mandatoryControls);\n", "prefixes": [ "libcamera-devel", "v2", "02/11" ] }