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Message-ID: <b976b442-7d07-4fef-b851-ccd14661a233@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:50:26 +0100
From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To: zhentao.guo@...ogic.com, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add Amlogic stateless H.264 video decoder for S4
Hi,
On 10/27/25 06:42, Zhentao Guo via B4 Relay wrote:
> Introduce initial driver support for Amlogic's new video acceleration
> hardware architecture, designed for video stream decoding.
>
> Compared to the current Amlogic video decoder hardware architecture,
> this new implementation eliminates the Esparser hardware component,
> enabling direct vb2 buffer input. The driver is designed to support
> the V4L2 M2M stateless decoder API. The initial phase includes support
> for H.264 decoding on Amlogic S805X2 platform.
>
> The driver is capable of:
> - Supporting stateless H.264 decoding up to a resolution 1920x1088(on the S805X2 platform).
> - Supporting I/P/B frame handling.
> - Supporting vb2 mmap and dma-buf modes.
> - Supporting frame-based decode mode. (Note that some H.264 bitstreams require
> DPB reordering to generate reference lists, the stateless decoder driver
> cannot access reordered reference lists in this mode, requiring the driver
> to perform reference list reordering itself)
> - Supporting NV12/NV21 output.
> - Supporting Annex B start codes.
Thanks for the initial drop, it's very nice !
First of all, this still requires some work so it would be better if you
used the RFC tag until all issues are sorted out.
You didn't tell anything about the firmware, did you build a specific version
of the firmware to handle the stateless and bypass ESPARSER ?
Will this technique work with the released firmwares of GXL/G12/SM1 ?
Will you support the compressed format and 10bit with this ?
>
> This driver is tested with Gstreamer.
> Example:
> gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=/tmp/video_640x360_mp4_hevc_450kbps_no_b.mp4 !
> parsebin ! v4l2slh264dec ! filesink location=/tmp/output.yuv
>
> The driver passes v4l2 compliance test, test reports :
> v4l2-compliance 1.30.1, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t
>
> Compliance test for aml-vdec-drv device /dev/video0:
>
> Driver Info:
> Driver name : aml-vdec-drv
> Card type : platform:aml-vdec-drv
> Bus info : platform:fe320000.video-codec
> Driver version : 6.16.0
> Capabilities : 0x84204000
> Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
> Streaming
> Extended Pix Format
> Device Capabilities
> Device Caps : 0x04204000
> Video Memory-to-Memory Multiplanar
> Streaming
> Extended Pix Format
> Detected Stateless Decoder
> Media Driver Info:
> Driver name : aml-vdec-drv
> Model : aml-vdec-drv
> Serial :
> Bus info : platform:fe320000.video-codec
> Media version : 6.16.0
> Hardware revision: 0x00000000 (0)
> Driver version : 6.16.0
> Interface Info:
> ID : 0x0300000c
> Type : V4L Video
> Entity Info:
> ID : 0x00000001 (1)
> Name : aml_dev_drv-source
> Function : V4L2 I/O
> Pad 0x01000002 : 0: Source
> Link 0x02000008: to remote pad 0x1000004 of entity 'aml_dev_drv-proc' (Video Decoder): Data, Enabled, Immutable
>
> Required ioctls:
> test MC information (see 'Media Driver Info' above): OK
> test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
> test invalid ioctls: OK
>
> Allow for multiple opens:
> test second /dev/video0 open: OK
> test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
> test VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY: OK
> test for unlimited opens: OK
>
> Debug ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS: OK (Not Supported)
>
> Input ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_G/S_TUNER/ENUM_FREQ_BANDS: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMINPUT: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
> Inputs: 0 Audio Inputs: 0 Tuners: 0
>
> Output ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_G/S_MODULATOR: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMOUTPUT: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
> Outputs: 0 Audio Outputs: 0 Modulators: 0
>
> Input/Output configuration ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G/S_EDID: OK (Not Supported)
>
> Control ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL/QUERYMENU: OK
> test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: OK
> test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: OK
> test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: OK
> test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: OK
> test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
> Standard Controls: 6 Private Controls: 0
> Standard Compound Controls: 4 Private Compound Controls: 0
>
> Format ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: OK
> test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G_FMT: OK
> test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK
> test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK
> test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
> test Cropping: OK (Not Supported)
> test Composing: OK (Not Supported)
> test Scaling: OK (Not Supported)
>
> Codec ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
> test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK
>
> Buffer ioctls:
> test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK
> test CREATE_BUFS maximum buffers: OK
> test VIDIOC_REMOVE_BUFS: OK
> test VIDIOC_EXPBUF: OK
> test Requests: OK
> test blocking wait: OK
Please also enable the streaming tests.
>
> Total for aml-vdec-drv device /dev/video0: 49, Succeeded: 49, Failed: 0, Warnings: 0
>
> Some Fluster test cases are still failing. We will publish the final results
> once all these Fluster test failures have been resolved.
As Christian reported, please add the flutter results aswell.
Neil
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhentao Guo <zhentao.guo@...ogic.com>
> ---
> Zhentao Guo (3):
> dt-bindings: vdec: Add binding document of Amlogic decoder accelerator
> dts: decoder: Support V4L2 stateless decoder dt node for S4
> decoder: Add V4L2 stateless H.264 decoder driver
>
> .../bindings/media/amlogic,vcodec-dec.yaml | 96 ++
> MAINTAINERS | 7 +
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-s4.dtsi | 24 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/Kconfig | 2 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/Kconfig | 15 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/Makefile | 4 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec.c | 759 +++++++++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec.h | 31 +
> .../platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_canvas_utils.c | 154 ++
> .../platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_canvas_utils.h | 22 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_drv.c | 263 +++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_drv.h | 194 +++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_hw.c | 652 +++++++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_hw.h | 182 ++
> .../platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_platform.c | 37 +
> .../platform/amlogic/vdec/aml_vdec_platform.h | 62 +
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/h264.c | 1790 ++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/h264.h | 300 ++++
> drivers/media/platform/amlogic/vdec/reg_defines.h | 175 ++
> 20 files changed, 4770 insertions(+)
> ---
> base-commit: 72fb0170ef1f45addf726319c52a0562b6913707
> change-id: 20251027-b4-s4-vdec-upstream-0603c1a4c84a
>
> Best regards,
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