From patchwork Fri Feb 13 16:57:52 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Kieran Bingham X-Patchwork-Id: 26157 Return-Path: X-Original-To: parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org Delivered-To: parsemail@patchwork.libcamera.org Received: from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (lancelot.ideasonboard.com [92.243.16.209]) by patchwork.libcamera.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D23DC32FA for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lancelot.ideasonboard.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B1C762221; Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:58:21 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: lancelot.ideasonboard.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b="Tst59HIj"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from perceval.ideasonboard.com (perceval.ideasonboard.com [213.167.242.64]) by lancelot.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C2C3621F1 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:58:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from ping.linuxembedded.co.uk (cpc89244-aztw30-2-0-cust6594.18-1.cable.virginm.net [86.31.185.195]) by perceval.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 635AE26D7; Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:57:18 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1771001838; bh=8pnKPaQgprr54IjxwE3cUFfx28bFhtFtdAoUq0nAiso=; h=From:Date:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:From; b=Tst59HIjgSkYmpl7NuvBkdfX9iv0PUdmKLycLpZkPauMXh/9Wksovw0A818yVBll9 g7X5HC83wIDOO8QnLoYwBvfXrislwaZ43wAndAFgx7lg9BHq7QOSiShoZHD4Cc+S2J AYnjpS6si0Te85gXLYjPrDxLDcfn4y7bag3BxMWk= From: Kieran Bingham Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:57:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v7 13/15] ipa: mali-c55: agc: Quantise the ISP Digital Gain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20260213-kbingham-quantizers-v7-13-1626b9aaabf1@ideasonboard.com> References: <20260213-kbingham-quantizers-v7-0-1626b9aaabf1@ideasonboard.com> In-Reply-To: <20260213-kbingham-quantizers-v7-0-1626b9aaabf1@ideasonboard.com> To: libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org Cc: Kieran Bingham , Isaac Scott X-Mailer: b4 0.14.3 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1771001883; l=4635; i=kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com; s=20260207; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=8pnKPaQgprr54IjxwE3cUFfx28bFhtFtdAoUq0nAiso=; b=d3jXw3gBKC4aGmaC5d2rQNkn5XllsGI7WvVDfcYOfmQFRaxgAcYKt/2fdJLiL/CNEeUHXZk3N H/+KayrqP1rAK0ohHh6WWHJqLmXglPb4ni7QbxqrBsOd7C2ZBn91jm4 X-Developer-Key: i=kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com; a=ed25519; pk=FVXKN7YuwHc6UtbRUeTMAmranfsQomA+vnilfglWdaY= X-BeenThere: libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org Sender: "libcamera-devel" The Mali-C55 ISP has a digital gain block which allows setting gain in Q5.8 format, a range of 0.0 to (very nearly) 32.0. Convert usage to the new UQ<5, 8> FixedPoint Quantised type which will support the conversion, clamping and quantisation so that the metadata and debug prints can now report the effective gain applied instead of the potentially inaccurate float. As the UQ<5, 8> type already clamps values, remove the explicit clamping. This removes the clamping to a minimum of 1.0 gain, so we rely on calculateNewEv to provide a valid gain. Reviewed-by: Isaac Scott Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham --- v5: - Use UQ<5, 8> type directly. - Use operator<< to report the UQ<5, 8> value. --- src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp | 18 +++++++++--------- src/ipa/mali-c55/ipa_context.h | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp index 014fd12452ac..075717f44ea6 100644 --- a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp +++ b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ static constexpr unsigned int kNumHistogramBins = 256; * format, a range of 0.0 to (very nearly) 32.0. We clamp from 1.0 to the actual * max value which is 8191 * 2^-8. */ -static constexpr double kMinDigitalGain = 1.0; -static constexpr double kMaxDigitalGain = 31.99609375; +static constexpr float kMinDigitalGain = 1.0; +static constexpr float kMaxDigitalGain = UQ<5, 8>::TraitsType::max; uint32_t AgcStatistics::decodeBinValue(uint16_t binVal) { @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void Agc::fillGainParamBlock(IPAContext &context, IPAFrameContext &frameContext, MaliC55Params *params) { IPAActiveState &activeState = context.activeState; - double gain; + UQ<5, 8> gain; if (activeState.agc.autoEnabled) gain = activeState.agc.automatic.ispGain; @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void Agc::fillGainParamBlock(IPAContext &context, IPAFrameContext &frameContext, gain = activeState.agc.manual.ispGain; auto block = params->block(); - block->gain = floatingToFixedPoint<5, 8, uint16_t, double>(gain); + block->gain = gain.quantized(); frameContext.agc.ispGain = gain; } @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, */ uint32_t exposure = frameContext.agc.exposure; double analogueGain = frameContext.agc.sensorGain; - double digitalGain = frameContext.agc.ispGain; + double digitalGain = frameContext.agc.ispGain.value(); double totalGain = analogueGain * digitalGain; utils::Duration currentShutter = exposure * configuration.sensor.lineDuration; utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue = currentShutter * totalGain; @@ -370,19 +370,19 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, activeState.agc.exposureMode, statistics_.yHist, effectiveExposureValue); - dGain = std::clamp(dGain, kMinDigitalGain, kMaxDigitalGain); + UQ<5, 8> dGainQ = static_cast(dGain); LOG(MaliC55Agc, Debug) << "Divided up shutter, analogue gain and digital gain are " - << shutterTime << ", " << aGain << " and " << dGain; + << shutterTime << ", " << aGain << " and " << dGainQ; activeState.agc.automatic.exposure = shutterTime / configuration.sensor.lineDuration; activeState.agc.automatic.sensorGain = aGain; - activeState.agc.automatic.ispGain = dGain; + activeState.agc.automatic.ispGain = dGainQ; metadata.set(controls::ExposureTime, currentShutter.get()); metadata.set(controls::AnalogueGain, frameContext.agc.sensorGain); - metadata.set(controls::DigitalGain, frameContext.agc.ispGain); + metadata.set(controls::DigitalGain, frameContext.agc.ispGain.value()); metadata.set(controls::ColourTemperature, context.activeState.agc.temperatureK); } diff --git a/src/ipa/mali-c55/ipa_context.h b/src/ipa/mali-c55/ipa_context.h index 08f78e4f74ce..ac4b83773803 100644 --- a/src/ipa/mali-c55/ipa_context.h +++ b/src/ipa/mali-c55/ipa_context.h @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ struct IPAActiveState { struct { uint32_t exposure; double sensorGain; - double ispGain; + UQ<5, 8> ispGain; } automatic; struct { uint32_t exposure; double sensorGain; - double ispGain; + UQ<5, 8> ispGain; } manual; bool autoEnabled; uint32_t constraintMode; @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct IPAFrameContext : public FrameContext { struct { uint32_t exposure; double sensorGain; - double ispGain; + UQ<5, 8> ispGain; } agc; struct {