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3*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe VPBE V4L2 driver design
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6*4882a593SmuzhiyunFunctional partitioning
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9*4882a593SmuzhiyunConsists of the following:
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11*4882a593Smuzhiyun 1. V4L2 display driver
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13*4882a593Smuzhiyun    Implements creation of video2 and video3 device nodes and
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun    provides v4l2 device interface to manage VID0 and VID1 layers.
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16*4882a593Smuzhiyun 2. Display controller
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18*4882a593Smuzhiyun    Loads up VENC, OSD and external encoders such as ths8200. It provides
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun    a set of API calls to V4L2 drivers to set the output/standards
20*4882a593Smuzhiyun    in the VENC or external sub devices. It also provides
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun    a device object to access the services from OSD subdevice
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun    using sub device ops. The connection of external encoders to VENC LCD
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun    controller port is done at init time based on default output and standard
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun    selection or at run time when application change the output through
25*4882a593Smuzhiyun    V4L2 IOCTLs.
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27*4882a593Smuzhiyun    When connected to an external encoder, vpbe controller is also responsible
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun    for setting up the interface between VENC and external encoders based on
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun    board specific settings (specified in board-xxx-evm.c). This allows
30*4882a593Smuzhiyun    interfacing external encoders such as ths8200. The setup_if_config()
31*4882a593Smuzhiyun    is implemented for this as well as configure_venc() (part of the next patch)
32*4882a593Smuzhiyun    API to set timings in VENC for a specific display resolution. As of this
33*4882a593Smuzhiyun    patch series, the interconnection and enabling and setting of the external
34*4882a593Smuzhiyun    encoders is not present, and would be a part of the next patch series.
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36*4882a593Smuzhiyun 3. VENC subdevice module
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38*4882a593Smuzhiyun    Responsible for setting outputs provided through internal DACs and also
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun    setting timings at LCD controller port when external encoders are connected
40*4882a593Smuzhiyun    at the port or LCD panel timings required. When external encoder/LCD panel
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun    is connected, the timings for a specific standard/preset is retrieved from
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun    the board specific table and the values are used to set the timings in
43*4882a593Smuzhiyun    venc using non-standard timing mode.
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45*4882a593Smuzhiyun    Support LCD Panel displays using the VENC. For example to support a Logic
46*4882a593Smuzhiyun    PD display, it requires setting up the LCD controller port with a set of
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun    timings for the resolution supported and setting the dot clock. So we could
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun    add the available outputs as a board specific entry (i.e add the "LogicPD"
49*4882a593Smuzhiyun    output name to board-xxx-evm.c). A table of timings for various LCDs
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun    supported can be maintained in the board specific setup file to support
51*4882a593Smuzhiyun    various LCD displays.As of this patch a basic driver is present, and this
52*4882a593Smuzhiyun    support for external encoders and displays forms a part of the next
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun    patch series.
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55*4882a593Smuzhiyun 4. OSD module
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57*4882a593Smuzhiyun    OSD module implements all OSD layer management and hardware specific
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun    features. The VPBE module interacts with the OSD for enabling and
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun    disabling appropriate features of the OSD.
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61*4882a593SmuzhiyunCurrent status
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64*4882a593SmuzhiyunA fully functional working version of the V4L2 driver is available. This
65*4882a593Smuzhiyundriver has been tested with NTSC and PAL standards and buffer streaming.
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