Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Take input format from plat_data

[Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>]

Hi Neil,


On 06-03-2017 10:41, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 03/03/2017 06:22 PM, Jose Abreu wrote:
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>>
>> On 03-03-2017 16:42, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>> Sure, I was meaning the *input* format the controller receives from the
>>> pixel encoder, I'm quite sure the format is strict.
>>>
>> Hmm, not quite following you here. As far as the controller goes
>> it supports the formats I mentioned:
>>     -    8/10/12/16 bits RGB 4:4:4
>>     -    8/10/12/16 bits YCbCr 4:4:4
>>     -    8/10/12 bits YCbCr 4:2:2
>>     -    8/10/12/16 bits YCbCr 4:2:0
>>
>> As for the CSC it supports RGB 4:4:4 to/from YCbCr 4:4:4 or 4:2:2
>> in every defined color depth.
>>
>> So, everything except 4:2:0 (I had to check documentation, I
>> though that CSC supported less formats).
>>
>> Of course this is all limited by the implementation that HW team
>> decides to choose.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jose Miguel Abreu
>>
> Hi Jose,
>
> Thanks for the clarifications.
>
> I will try to add missing V4L formats
>
>  - 8/10/12/16 bits RGB 4:4:4
>
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB101010_1X30 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB121212_1X36 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB161616_1X48 (to be added)
>
>  - 8/10/12/16 bits YCbCr 4:4:4
>
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV8_1X24
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV10_1X30
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV12_1X36 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV16_1X48 (to be added)
>
>  - 8/10/12 bits YCbCr 4:2:2
>
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY8_1X16
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY10_1X20
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY12_1X24
>
>  - 8/10/12/16 bits YCbCr 4:2:0
>
> Jose, how is supposed to be transmitted 4:2:0 over the controller ?
>
> Amlogic uses clock doubling to transmit 4:2:0 in CrYCb format.
>
> I assume, the transmission is in YYUYYV format in 2x clock.

Double rate or half rate? 4:2:0 requires half the bandwidth and
the horizontal parameters are cut off by half also. I'm not very
familiar with 4:2:0 but according to spec it shall be Cb[l][n]
Y[l][n] Y[l][n+1] in one line and then Cr[l][n] Y[l+1][n]
Y[l+1][n+1] in another line (where "l" is pixel line number and
"n" is pixel number).

I've worked with 4:2:0 previously but it was just for a prof of
concept (I never got to a point where I could submit anything
standard), maybe someone who has worked with this can expand a
little bit. Anyone?

>
> So the formats should be (aligned on the MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1_5X8) :
>
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1_1X24 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV10_1_1X30 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV12_1_1X36 (to be added)
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV16_1_1X48 (to be added)
>
> to have the following transmissions scheme :
>
> uuuuuuuu/yyyyyyyy/yyyyyyyy
> vvvvvvvv/yyyyyyyy/yyyyyyyy
>
> Can you confirm this ?

Seems fine, chroma in consecutive lines and luma in every line.

Best regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu

>
> Neil