On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:20 AM Tim Harvey [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 6:30 AM Nicolas Dufresne [off-list ref] wrote:

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Le mardi 16 novembre 2021 à 15:23 -0800, Tim Harvey a écrit :

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On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 7:57 AM Nicolas Dufresne [off-list ref] wrote:

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Le lundi 08 novembre 2021 à 10:33 -0600, Adam Ford a écrit :

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On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 7:59 AM Nicolas Dufresne [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi Adam,

thanks for you work, I'll try and reply  about the GStreamer questions below, if
you have further question feel free to ask.

Le samedi 06 novembre 2021 à 13:37 -0500, Adam Ford a écrit :

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The i.MX8M has two Hantro video decoders, called G1 and G2 which appear
to be related to the video decoders used on the i.MX8MQ, but because of
how the Mini handles the power domains, the VPU driver does not need to
handle all the functions, so a new compatible flag is required.

This is an RFC because I don't have functional video on my system yet,
and I'm hoping there might be people who do and can help test this.
I have only tested this far enough to see they enumerate and appear
as /dev/videoX and /dev/mediaX devices.

I will check the patchset, but you need in the mini-variant to disable the G1
post processor, because this block was fused out. We didn't make it optional

Thanks for being willing to review this.

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from the start as according to the V1 of the TRM it was there, but that error
was corrected in V3.

Thanks for the clarification.  It wasn't obvious to me, because in
some instances the PP looked like it was there and sometimes not
there.  I'll remove the postproc stuff.

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I am also curious to know if/what gstreamer plugins are necessary.  In
NXP's custom kernel, there are IMX-specific plugins, and I was hoping there
would be more generic plugins that I can use to test.  I am hoping some
of the linux-media experts might chime in on how to best test.

I will recommend using GStreamer 1.19.3 or main branch (GStreamer is now a
single git repo). You will then be able to test Hantro G1 decoding of MPEG2,
H264 and VP8. Remember that the related plugin depends on libgudev (a glib
binding of udev).

Thanks for the tip.

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For the encoder, I believe only JPEG maybe supported, since this is all there is
mainline for RK3288 (and perhaps other RK). But this will need testing and
debugging as the G1 version is slightly newer on NXP SoC.

For what it's worth the G1 seems to repond cleanly to the inquiries
from v42-compliance.
The G2 throws some splat when I run v4l2-compliance, but I am still
investigating that.

[  405.456979] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  405.464173] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 563 at mm/page_alloc.c:5344
__alloc_pages+0x5a4/0xbe0
[  405.472104] Modules linked in: 8021q garp mrp stp llc caam_jr
caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine rng_core authenc libdes
imx7_media_csi(C) crct10dif_ce imx_media_common(C)
snd_soc_fsl_asoc_card imx7_mipi_csis(C) snd_soc_imx_audmux
snd_soc_simple_card_utils fsl_imx8_ddr_perf imx8m_ddrc brcmfmac
brcmutil hantro_vpu(C) v4l2_h264 v4l2_mem2mem videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_dma_contig videobuf2_memops cfg80211 ov5640 videobuf2_v4l2
v4l2_fwnode v4l2_async videobuf2_common videodev etnaviv gpu_sched
hci_uart mc btqca btbcm snd_soc_wm8962 at24 spi_imx rtc_pcf85363
rtc_snvs clk_bd718x7 spi_bitbang snvs_pwrkey snd_soc_fsl_sai
imx_pcm_dma caam error bluetooth imx8mm_thermal ecdh_generic
imx_cpufreq_dt ecc rfkill fuse drm ipv6
[  405.535835] CPU: 0 PID: 563 Comm: v4l2-compliance Tainted: G      D
 C        5.15.0-next-20211105-00010-g4bb8e8a25d3c-dirty #28
[  405.547401] Hardware name: Beacon EmbeddedWorks i.MX8M Mini
Development Kit (DT)
[  405.554797] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[  405.561762] pc : __alloc_pages+0x5a4/0xbe0
[  405.565861] lr : __dma_direct_alloc_pages+0x17c/0x1e0
[  405.570917] sp : ffff800012443810
[  405.574232] x29: ffff800012443810 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff000005288220
[  405.581375] x26: 0000000000000034 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000000259010
[  405.588517] x23: ffff80001011ab7c x22: ffff000000259010 x21: 00000000ffffffff
[  405.595659] x20: 0000000000000cc1 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
[  405.602803] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
[  405.609947] x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[  405.617090] x11: ffff80001241d000 x10: ffff00000528833a x9 : ffff00000528832a
[  405.624232] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000cc0
[  405.631378] x5 : 00000000bfffffff x4 : ffff000009e30dc0 x3 : 0000000000000000
[  405.638520] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000cc1
[  405.645666] Call trace:
[  405.648113]  __alloc_pages+0x5a4/0xbe0
[  405.651862]  __dma_direct_alloc_pages+0x17c/0x1e0
[  405.656569]  dma_direct_alloc+0x70/0x310
[  405.660494]  dma_alloc_attrs+0x7c/0xe4
[  405.664246]  hantro_hevc_get_ref_buf+0x15c/0x184 [hantro_vpu]
[  405.670021]  hantro_g2_hevc_dec_run+0x3b8/0x1910 [hantro_vpu]
[  405.675791]  device_run+0xac/0x110 [hantro_vpu]
[  405.680345]  v4l2_m2m_try_run+0xac/0x1b0 [v4l2_mem2mem]
[  405.685598]  v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon+0x84/0xa0 [v4l2_mem2mem]
[  405.691366]  v4l_streamon+0x28/0x34 [videodev]
[  405.695877]  __video_do_ioctl+0x178/0x3dc [videodev]
[  405.700897]  video_usercopy+0x368/0x6dc [videodev]
[  405.705745]  video_ioctl2+0x1c/0x30 [videodev]
[  405.710246]  v4l2_ioctl+0x44/0x64 [videodev]
[  405.714574]  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf0
[  405.718502]  invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114
[  405.722258]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xd4/0xfc
[  405.726969]  do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94
[  405.730286]  el0_svc+0x28/0x80
[  405.733348]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa8/0x130
[  405.737619]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4
[  405.741287] ---[ end trace 270ed4a899803006 ]---

The H1 encoder seems to hang the system when I run v4l2-compliance on
it when H1 is set up as I submitted the patch.  I tried dropping all
the encoder formats except the JPEG format, and it doesn't hang any
more, but it also doesn't really do anything.
The datasheet only references VPU_H1 as supporting VP8 and H.264, so I
am not sure JPEG is even supported.

If JPEG is not supported, then there is nothing left for mainline in this
regard. The kernel control interface and encoding flow needs to be designed and
specified for encoders like VP8 and H264. Some prototypes and prior-art exist
though, but nothing ever got formalized in the form of a specification.

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The log from v4l2-compliance on the H1 with everything except the JPEG
removed looks like:

root@beacon-imx8mm-kit:~# v4l2-compliance -d2
v4l2-compliance SHA: not available
, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t

Segmentation fault
root@beacon-imx8mm-kit:~#
Message from syslogd@  at Thu Jan  1 00:05:07 1970 ...
: Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#2] SMP

Message from syslogd@  at Thu Jan  1 00:05:07 1970 ...
: Code: 52800001 aa1403e0 d2801802 95c31ab9 (b9400aa1)

I want to install Gstreamer, but I don't have functioning DSI video,
so I am not entirely sure how I will go about testing the decoders
except by using fakesink

We too don't have an mainline DSI to test the CODECs on recent NXP SoC. For
decoders we use fluster, a tool that runs publicly available conformance test.
It will simply decode to disk and compare a checksum of the decoded image
against the compliant checksum (produced by the reference decoders). For you
interested, it uses the new videocodectestsink, which is specialized for
producing or calculating conformance image/checksum.

https://github.com/fluendo/fluster

We have added support for GStreamer stateless decoders already.

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If the G1 ends up working with some of the newer Gstreamer stuff, I
might just submit a formal patch to just enable the G1 for now.

This looks like a good idea indeed.

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adam

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Lastly, I didn't update any device tree binding YAML files, because
I know there have been some discussions about the power domains on the
imx8mq, and I wasn't sure if the imx8mm should get a separate YAML file
or if the existing one for te imx8mq should just be modified.

This will likely require the following series in order to apply correctly:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/list/?series=576407

Adam Ford (5):
  media: hantro: Add support for i.MX8M Mini
  arm64: dts: imx8mm:  Enable VPU-G1 and VPU-G2
  media: hantro: Rename ROCKCHIP_VPU_ENC_FMT to HANTRO_VPU_ENC_FMT
  media: hantro: Add H1 encoder support on i.MX8M Mini
  arm64: dts: imx8mm:  Enable Hantro H1 Encoder

 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm.dtsi     |  61 ++++++++
 drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c     |   3 +
 drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h      |  19 ++-
 drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c   | 143 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../staging/media/hantro/rockchip_vpu_hw.c    |  26 ++--
 5 files changed, 231 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Nicolas and Adam,

For the H1 patches in this series: I've been able to test the IMX8MM
H1 JPEG encode using GStreamer 1.18.5:
$ gst-inspect-1.0 | grep -e "v4l2.*enc"
video4linux2:  v4l2jpegenc: V4L2 JPEG Encoder
$ gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! jpegenc ! rtpjpegpay ! udpsink

                                  ^ v4l2jpegenc

This is just a transcript error ?

Nicolas,

No! Thanks for catching my mistake. I was testing with software encode... ooops!

'gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! v4l2jpegenc ! fakesink' actually hangs
the board so likely a power-domain issue there?

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host=192.168.1.146 port=5000
viewed on client@192.168.1.146 via:
$ gst-launch-1.0 udpsrc port=5000 ! application/x-rtp,payload=96 !
rtpjpegdepay ! jpegdec ! autovideosink

For the G1/G2 patches in the series I don't see any Gstreamer
'v4l2.*dec' elements. Perhaps I need a newer version of Gstreamer.

Most likely yes, I suggest building gstreamer/ branch "main", GStreamer has now
a single repository. We are very close to 1.20, which will include stable API
support of H264, MPEG2 and VP8 decoding.

Ok, let me see if I can navigate through the build process and I'll
get back to you.

Nicolas,

I've built gstreamer 1.19.3 from git and still don't see any decoder elements:

[gst-main] root@focal-venice:~# dmesg | grep -i hantro
[    8.048311] hantro_vpu: module is from the staging directory, the
quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    8.069029] hantro-vpu 38300000.video-codec: registered
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-dec as /dev/video0
[    8.070164] hantro-vpu 38310000.video-codec: registered
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-g2-dec as /dev/video1
[    8.072553] hantro_vpu: module is from the staging directory, the
quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    8.074205] hantro-vpu 38320000.video-codec: registered
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-h1-enc as /dev/video2
[    8.088548] hantro_vpu: module is from the staging directory, the
quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[gst-main] root@focal-venice:~# ls -l /lib/firmware/vpu
total 604
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 522024 Nov 23 00:02 vpu_fw_imx8_dec.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  91920 Nov 23 00:02 vpu_fw_imx8_enc.bin
[gst-main] root@focal-venice:~# cat /sys/class/video4linux/video*/name
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-dec
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-g2-dec
nxp,imx8mm-vpu-h1-enc
[gst-main] root@focal-venice:~# gst-inspect-1.0 --version
gst-inspect-1.0 version 1.19.3
GStreamer 1.19.3 (GIT)
Unknown package origin
[gst-main] root@focal-venice:~# gst-inspect-1.0 | grep v4l2
video4linux2:  v4l2deviceprovider (GstDeviceProviderFactory)
video4linux2:  v4l2jpegenc: V4L2 JPEG Encoder
video4linux2:  v4l2radio: Radio (video4linux2) Tuner
video4linux2:  v4l2sink: Video (video4linux2) Sink
video4linux2:  v4l2src: Video (video4linux2) Source

The v4l2jpegenc encoder element is there because I haven't disabled it
from Adam's patch yet.

Is there some debugging you want me to add to gstreamer?

Thanks,

Tim