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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-07 13:00:53 -0700
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Merge tag 'media/v5.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Legacy soc_camera driver was removed from staging - New I2C sensor related drivers: dw9768, ch7322, max9271, rdacm20 - TI vpe driver code was re-organized and had new features added - Added Xilinx MIPI CSI-2 Rx Subsystem driver - Added support for Infrared Toy and IR Droid devices - Lots of random driver fixes, new features and cleanups * tag 'media/v5.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (318 commits) media: camss: fix memory leaks on error handling paths in probe media: davinci: vpif_capture: fix potential double free media: radio: remove redundant assignment to variable retval media: allegro: fix potential null dereference on header media: mtk-mdp: Fix a refcounting bug on error in init media: allegro: fix an error pointer vs NULL check media: meye: fix missing pm_mchip_mode field media: cafe-driver: use generic power management media: saa7164: use generic power management media: v4l2-dev/ioctl: Fix document for VIDIOC_QUERYCAP media: v4l2: Correct kernel-doc inconsistency media: v4l2: Correct kernel-doc inconsistency media: dvbdev.h: keep * together with the type media: v4l2-subdev.h: keep * together with the type media: videobuf2: Print videobuf2 buffer state by name media: colorspaces-details.rst: fix V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG description media: tw68: use generic power management media: meye: use generic power management media: cx88: use generic power management media: cx25821: use generic power management ...
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@@ -167,17 +167,37 @@ the ``mbus_code`` field is handled differently:
- The hardware decoder for this compressed bytestream format (aka coded
format) is capable of parsing a continuous bytestream. Applications do
not need to parse the bytestream themselves to find the boundaries
- between frames/fields. This flag can only be used in combination with
- the ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to compressed
+ between frames/fields.
+
+ This flag can only be used in combination with the
+ ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to compressed
formats only. This flag is valid for stateful decoders only.
* - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_DYN_RESOLUTION``
- 0x0008
- Dynamic resolution switching is supported by the device for this
compressed bytestream format (aka coded format). It will notify the user
via the event ``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` when changes in the video
- parameters are detected. This flag can only be used in combination
- with the ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to
- compressed formats only. It is also only applies to stateful codecs.
+ parameters are detected.
+
+ This flag can only be used in combination with the
+ ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to
+ compressed formats only. This flag is valid for stateful codecs only.
+ * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_ENC_CAP_FRAME_INTERVAL``
+ - 0x0010
+ - The hardware encoder supports setting the ``CAPTURE`` coded frame
+ interval separately from the ``OUTPUT`` raw frame interval.
+ Setting the ``OUTPUT`` raw frame interval with :ref:`VIDIOC_S_PARM <VIDIOC_G_PARM>`
+ also sets the ``CAPTURE`` coded frame interval to the same value.
+ If this flag is set, then the ``CAPTURE`` coded frame interval can be
+ set to a different value afterwards. This is typically used for
+ offline encoding where the ``OUTPUT`` raw frame interval is used as
+ a hint for reserving hardware encoder resources and the ``CAPTURE`` coded
+ frame interval is the actual frame rate embedded in the encoded video
+ stream.
+
+ This flag can only be used in combination with the
+ ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to
+ compressed formats only. This flag is valid for stateful encoders only.
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