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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-06-03 20:59:38 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-06-03 20:59:38 -0700 |
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Merge tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- Media documentation is now split into admin-guide, driver-api and
userspace-api books (a longstanding request from Jon);
- The media Kconfig was reorganized, in order to make easier to select
drivers and their dependencies;
- The testing drivers now has a separate directory;
- added a new driver for Rockchip Video Decoder IP;
- The atomisp staging driver was resurrected. It is meant to work with
4 generations of cameras on Atom-based laptops, tablets and cell
phones. So, it seems worth investing time to cleanup this driver and
making it in good shape.
- Added some V4L2 core ancillary routines to help with h264 codecs;
- Added an ov2740 image sensor driver;
- The si2157 gained support for Analog TV, which, in turn, added
support for some cx231xx and cx23885 boards to also support analog
standards;
- Added some V4L2 controls (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_ORIENTATION and
V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION) to help identifying where the camera
is located at the device;
- VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT was extended to support MC-centric devices;
- Lots of drivers improvements and cleanups.
* tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (503 commits)
media: Documentation: media: Refer to mbus format documentation from CSI-2 docs
media: s5k5baf: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array
media: i2c: imx219: Drop <linux/clk-provider.h> and <linux/clkdev.h>
media: i2c: Add ov2740 image sensor driver
media: ov8856: Implement sensor module revision identification
media: ov8856: Add devicetree support
media: dt-bindings: ov8856: Document YAML bindings
media: dvb-usb: Add Cinergy S2 PCIe Dual Port support
media: dvbdev: Fix tuner->demod media controller link
media: dt-bindings: phy: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: move rockchip dphy rx0 bindings out of staging
media: staging: dt-bindings: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: remove non-used reg property
media: atomisp: unify the version for isp2401 a0 and b0 versions
media: atomisp: update TODO with the current data
media: atomisp: adjust some code at sh_css that could be broken
media: atomisp: don't produce errs for ignored IRQs
media: atomisp: print IRQ when debugging
media: atomisp: isp_mmu: don't use kmem_cache
media: atomisp: add a notice about possible leak resources
media: atomisp: disable the dynamic and reserved pools
media: atomisp: turn on camera before setting it
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9098a1e65f8b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +Vaio Picturebook Motion Eye Camera Driver +========================================= + +Copyright |copy| 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> + +Copyright |copy| 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com> + +Copyright |copy| 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> + +This driver enable the use of video4linux compatible applications with the +Motion Eye camera. This driver requires the "Sony Laptop Extras" driver (which +can be found in the "Misc devices" section of the kernel configuration utility) +to be compiled and installed (using its "camera=1" parameter). + +It can do at maximum 30 fps @ 320x240 or 15 fps @ 640x480. + +Grabbing is supported in packed YUV colorspace only. + +MJPEG hardware grabbing is supported via a private API (see below). + +Hardware supported +------------------ + +This driver supports the 'second' version of the MotionEye camera :) + +The first version was connected directly on the video bus of the Neomagic +video card and is unsupported. + +The second one, made by Kawasaki Steel is fully supported by this +driver (PCI vendor/device is 0x136b/0xff01) + +The third one, present in recent (more or less last year) Picturebooks +(C1M* models), is not supported. The manufacturer has given the specs +to the developers under a NDA (which allows the development of a GPL +driver however), but things are not moving very fast (see +http://r-engine.sourceforge.net/) (PCI vendor/device is 0x10cf/0x2011). + +There is a forth model connected on the USB bus in TR1* Vaio laptops. +This camera is not supported at all by the current driver, in fact +little information if any is available for this camera +(USB vendor/device is 0x054c/0x0107). + +Driver options +-------------- + +Several options can be passed to the meye driver using the standard +module argument syntax (<param>=<value> when passing the option to the +module or meye.<param>=<value> on the kernel boot line when meye is +statically linked into the kernel). Those options are: + +.. code-block:: none + + gbuffers: number of capture buffers, default is 2 (32 max) + + gbufsize: size of each capture buffer, default is 614400 + + video_nr: video device to register (0 = /dev/video0, etc) + +Module use +---------- + +In order to automatically load the meye module on use, you can put those lines +in your /etc/modprobe.d/meye.conf file: + +.. code-block:: none + + alias char-major-81 videodev + alias char-major-81-0 meye + options meye gbuffers=32 + +Usage: +------ + +.. code-block:: none + + xawtv >= 3.49 (<http://bytesex.org/xawtv/>) + for display and uncompressed video capture: + + xawtv -c /dev/video0 -geometry 640x480 + or + xawtv -c /dev/video0 -geometry 320x240 + + motioneye (<http://popies.net/meye/>) + for getting ppm or jpg snapshots, mjpeg video + +Bugs / Todo +----------- + +- 'motioneye' still uses the meye private v4l1 API extensions. |