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    "id": 25992,
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    "msgid": "<20260128074956.760538-9-paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>",
    "date": "2026-01-28T07:49:56",
    "name": "[v5,8/8] camera, ipa: all: Remove AeEnable handling",
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    "submitter": {
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        "name": "Paul Elder",
        "email": "paul.elder@ideasonboard.com"
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            "date": "2026-01-28T07:49:48",
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        "From": "Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Cc": "Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH v5 8/8] camera, ipa: all: Remove AeEnable handling",
        "Date": "Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:49:56 +0900",
        "Message-ID": "<20260128074956.760538-9-paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>",
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    "content": "Remove AeEnable handling from the Camera and all IPAs, as it is now\nhandled by the inject_controls layer.\n\nSigned-off-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder@ideasonboard.com>\n\n---\nThe mali-c55 IPA needs to support AnalogueGainMode and ExposureTimeMode,\nbut that is out of scope for this series.\n\nNo change in v4\n\nNo change in v3\n\nNo change in v2\n---\n src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp          |  1 +\n src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp            |  2 -\n src/ipa/rpi/common/ipa_base.cpp              |  2 -\n src/libcamera/camera.cpp                     | 42 +-------------------\n src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp |  5 ---\n 5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp\nindex 014fd12452ac..2acc45cc0b04 100644\n--- a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp\n+++ b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp\n@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ int Agc::init(IPAContext &context, const YamlObject &tuningData)\n \tif (ret)\n \t\treturn ret;\n \n+\t/* \\todo Support AnalogueGainMode and ExposureTimeMode */\n \tcontext.ctrlMap[&controls::AeEnable] = ControlInfo(false, true);\n \tcontext.ctrlMap[&controls::DigitalGain] = ControlInfo(\n \t\tstatic_cast<float>(kMinDigitalGain),\ndiff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp\nindex 1ecaff680978..55cadb1793a5 100644\n--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp\n+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp\n@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ int Agc::init(IPAContext &context, const YamlObject &tuningData)\n \t\tControlInfo({ { ControlValue(controls::AnalogueGainModeAuto),\n \t\t\t\tControlValue(controls::AnalogueGainModeManual) } },\n \t\t\t    ControlValue(controls::AnalogueGainModeAuto));\n-\t/* \\todo Move this to the Camera class */\n-\tcontext.ctrlMap[&controls::AeEnable] = ControlInfo(false, true, true);\n \tcontext.ctrlMap[&controls::ExposureValue] = ControlInfo(-8.0f, 8.0f, 0.0f);\n \tcontext.ctrlMap.merge(controls());\n \ndiff --git a/src/ipa/rpi/common/ipa_base.cpp b/src/ipa/rpi/common/ipa_base.cpp\nindex 322694985e72..eceb9d14d74d 100644\n--- a/src/ipa/rpi/common/ipa_base.cpp\n+++ b/src/ipa/rpi/common/ipa_base.cpp\n@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ constexpr Duration controllerMinFrameDuration = 1.0s / 30.0;\n \n /* List of controls handled by the Raspberry Pi IPA */\n const ControlInfoMap::Map ipaControls{\n-\t/* \\todo Move this to the Camera class */\n-\t{ &controls::AeEnable, ControlInfo(false, true, true) },\n \t{ &controls::ExposureTimeMode,\n \t  ControlInfo({ { ControlValue(controls::ExposureTimeModeAuto),\n \t\t\t  ControlValue(controls::ExposureTimeModeManual) } },\ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp\nindex 1b3984e683b1..819693f6123d 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp\n@@ -1337,33 +1337,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<Request> Camera::createRequest(uint64_t cookie)\n \treturn request;\n }\n \n-/**\n- * \\brief Patch a control list that contains the AeEnable control\n- * \\param[inout] controls The control list to be patched\n- *\n- * The control list is patched in place, turning the AeEnable control into\n- * the equivalent ExposureTimeMode/AnalogueGainMode controls.\n- */\n-void Camera::patchControlList(ControlList &controls)\n-{\n-\tconst auto &aeEnable = controls.get(controls::AeEnable);\n-\tif (aeEnable) {\n-\t\tif (_d()->controlInfo_.count(controls::AnalogueGainMode.id()) &&\n-\t\t    !controls.contains(controls::AnalogueGainMode.id())) {\n-\t\t\tcontrols.set(controls::AnalogueGainMode,\n-\t\t\t\t     *aeEnable ? controls::AnalogueGainModeAuto\n-\t\t\t\t\t       : controls::AnalogueGainModeManual);\n-\t\t}\n-\n-\t\tif (_d()->controlInfo_.count(controls::ExposureTimeMode.id()) &&\n-\t\t    !controls.contains(controls::ExposureTimeMode.id())) {\n-\t\t\tcontrols.set(controls::ExposureTimeMode,\n-\t\t\t\t     *aeEnable ? controls::ExposureTimeModeAuto\n-\t\t\t\t\t       : controls::ExposureTimeModeManual);\n-\t\t}\n-\t}\n-}\n-\n /**\n  * \\brief Queue a request to the camera\n  * \\param[in] request The request to queue to the camera\n@@ -1432,9 +1405,6 @@ int Camera::queueRequest(Request *request)\n \t\t}\n \t}\n \n-\t/* Pre-process AeEnable. */\n-\tpatchControlList(request->controls());\n-\n \td->layers_->queueRequest(request);\n \n \td->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::queueRequest,\n@@ -1475,16 +1445,8 @@ int Camera::start(const ControlList *controls)\n \n \tControlList *newControls = d->layers_->start(controls);\n \n-\tif (controls) {\n-\t\tControlList copy(*newControls);\n-\t\tpatchControlList(copy);\n-\t\tret = d->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::start,\n-\t\t\t\t\t     ConnectionTypeBlocking, this, &copy);\n-\t} else {\n-\t\tret = d->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::start,\n-\t\t\t\t\t     ConnectionTypeBlocking, this, nullptr);\n-\t}\n-\n+\tret = d->pipe_->invokeMethod(&PipelineHandler::start,\n+\t\t\t\t     ConnectionTypeBlocking, this, newControls);\n \tif (ret)\n \t\treturn ret;\n \ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp\nindex 3bd51733d400..bad20d2c7712 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp\n@@ -610,11 +610,6 @@ int UVCCameraData::init(std::shared_ptr<MediaDevice> media)\n \t\taddControl(cid, info, &ctrls);\n \t}\n \n-\tif (autoExposureMode_ && manualExposureMode_) {\n-\t\t/* \\todo Move this to the Camera class */\n-\t\tctrls[&controls::AeEnable] = ControlInfo(false, true, true);\n-\t}\n-\n \tcontrolInfo_ = ControlInfoMap(std::move(ctrls), controls::controls);\n \n \t/*\n",
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        "v5",
        "8/8"
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