[v2,1/3] controls: Add FrameWallClock control
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Message ID 20241218180310.7824-2-david.plowman@raspberrypi.com
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  • Wall clocks and camera sync
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David Plowman Dec. 18, 2024, 6:03 p.m. UTC 
Add a FrameWallClock control that reports the same moment as the
frame's SensorTimestamp, but in wallclock units.

Signed-off-by: David Plowman <david.plowman@raspberrypi.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Naushir Patuck <naush@raspberrypi.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
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 src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml b/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
index 073e0611..8485f7e8 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
+++ b/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ 
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
+
 #
 %YAML 1.1
 ---
@@ -1015,4 +1013,18 @@  controls:
       description: |
         Enable or disable the debug metadata.
 
+  - FrameWallClock:
+      type: int64_t
+      description: |
+        This timestamp corresponds to the same moment in time as the
+        SensorTimestamp, but is represented as a wall clock time as measured by
+        the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
+
+        Being a wall clock measurement, it can be used to synchronise timing
+        across different devices.
+
+        \sa SensorTimestamp
+
+        The FrameWallClock control can only be returned in metadata.
+
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