linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] DocBook/v4l: Add compressed video formats used on MT8173 codec driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:08:31 -0400
From:	Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@...il.com>
To:	Wu-Cheng Li (李務誠) 
	<wuchengli@...omium.org>, tiffany lin <tiffany.lin@...iatek.com>
Cc:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@...omium.org>,
	Pawel Osciak <posciak@...omium.org>,
	Eddie Huang <eddie.huang@...iatek.com>,
	Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	Lin PoChun <PoChun.Lin@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] DocBook/v4l: Add compressed video formats used
 on MT8173 codec driver

Le mardi 12 juillet 2016 à 16:16 +0800, Wu-Cheng Li (李務誠) a écrit :
> Decoder hardware produces MT21 (compressed). Image processor can
> convert it to a format that can be input of display driver. Tiffany.
> When do you plan to upstream image processor (mtk-mdp)?
> >
> > It can be as input format for encoder, MDP and display drivers in
> our
> > platform.
> I remember display driver can only accept uncompressed MT21. Right?
> Basically V4L2_PIX_FMT_MT21 is compressed and is like an opaque
> format. It's not usable until it's decompressed and converted by
> image
> processor.

Previously it was described as MediaTek block mode, and now as a
MediaTek compressed format. It makes me think you have no idea what
this pixel format really is. Is that right ?

The main reason why I keep asking, is that we often find similarities
between what vendor like to call their proprietary formats. Doing the
proper research helps not creating a mess like in Android where you
have a lot of formats that all point to the same format. I believe
there was the same concern when Samsung wanted to introduce their Z-
flip-Z NV12 tile format. In the end they simply provided sufficient
documentation so we could document it and implement software converters
for test and validation purpose.

regards,
Nicolas