Re: [PATCH v5, 00/15] Using component framework to support multi hardware decode

["yunfei.dong@mediatek.com" <yunfei.dong@mediatek.com>]

Hi Ezequiel,

You can get the dtsi information from patch 13, it is decoder yaml file
about component architecture:

[PATCH v4, 13/15] dt-bindings: media: mtk-vcodec: Adds decoder dt-
bindings for mt8192

Thanks
Yunfei Dong

On Tue, 2021-08-24 at 18:21 +0800, yunfei.dong@mediatek.com wrote:
> Hi Ezequiel,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion.
> 
> On Sun, 2021-08-22 at 11:32 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 04:59, yunfei.dong@mediatek.com
> > <yunfei.dong@mediatek.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi Ezequiel,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your detail feedback.
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 11:10 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 04:13, yunfei.dong@mediatek.com
> > > > <yunfei.dong@mediatek.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Ezequiel,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for your suggestion.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 2021-08-18 at 11:11 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > > > > > +danvet
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 at 23:58, Yunfei Dong <
> > > > > > yunfei.dong@mediatek.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > This series adds support for multi hardware decode into
> > > > > > > mtk-vcodec,
> > > > > > > by first
> > > > > > > adding component framework to manage each hardware
> > > > > > > information:
> > > > > > > interrupt,
> > > > > > > clock, register bases and power. Secondly add core thread
> > > > > > > to deal
> > > > > > > with core
> > > > > > > hardware message, at the same time, add msg queue for
> > > > > > > different
> > > > > > > hardware
> > > > > > > share messages. Lastly, the architecture of different
> > > > > > > specs
> > > > > > > are not
> > > > > > > the same,
> > > > > > > using specs type to separate them.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I don't think it's a good idea to introduce the component
> > > > > > API
> > > > > > in the
> > > > > > media subsystem. It doesn't seem to be maintained, IRC
> > > > > > there's not
> > > > > > even
> > > > > > a maintainer for it, and it has some issues that were never
> > > > > > addressed.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It would be really important to avoid it. Is it really
> > > > > > needed
> > > > > > in the
> > > > > > first place?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Ezequiel
> > > > > 
> > > > > For there are many hardware need to use, mt8192 is three and
> > > > > mt8195 is
> > > > > five. Maybe need more to be used in the feature.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Each hardware has independent clk/power/iommu port/irq.
> > > > > Use component interface in prob to get each component's
> > > > > information.
> > > > > Just enable the hardware when need to use it, very convenient
> > > > > and
> > > > > simple.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I found that there are many modules use component to manage
> > > > > hardware
> > > > > information, such as iommu and drm etc.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Many drivers support multiple hardware variants, where each
> > > > variant
> > > > has a different number of clocks or interrupts, see for
> > > > instance
> > > > struct hantro_variant which allows to expose different codec
> > > > cores,
> > > > some having both decoder/encoder, and some having just a
> > > > decoder.
> > > > 
> > > > The component API is mostly used by DRM to aggregate
> > > > independent
> > > > subdevices (called components) into an aggregated driver.
> > > > 
> > > > For instance, a DRM driver needs to glue together the HDMI,
> > > > MIPI,
> > > > and plany controller, or any other hardware arrangement where
> > > > devices can be described independently.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > The usage scenario is very similar with drm and iommu, So decide
> > > to
> > > use
> > > component framework.
> > > Decode has three/five or more hardwares, these hardware are
> > > independent.
> > > For mt8183 just need core hardware to decode, but mt8192 has
> > > lat,soc and
> > > core hardware to decode. When lat need to use, just enable lat
> > > hardware,
> > > core is the same.And mt8195 will has two cores, each core can
> > > work
> > > well
> > > independent.
> > > 
> > > For each component device just used to open their power/clk/iommu
> > > port/irq when master need to enable it. The main logic is in
> > > master
> > > device.
> > > 
> > > > The component API may look simple but has some issues, it's not
> > > > easy
> > > > to debug, and can cause troubles if not used as expected [1].
> > > > It's worth making sure you actually need a framework
> > > > to glue different devices together.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Each hardware has its index, master can get hardware information
> > > according these index, looks not complex. What do you mean about
> > > not
> > > easy to debug?
> > > 
> > > > > Do you have any other suggestion for this architecture?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Looking at the different patchsets that are posted, it's not
> > > > clear
> > > > to me what exactly are the different architectures that you
> > > > intend
> > > > to support, can you some documentation which clarifies that?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Have five hardwares lat,soc,core0,core1 and main. Lat thread can
> > > use lat
> > > soc and main, core thread can use soc,lat, core0 and core1. Core
> > > thread
> > > can be used or not for different project.
> > 
> > Can you explain what are these lat,soc and core threads for?
> > 
> 
> You can regards lat,soc and core as hardware, each hardware can work
> independent. Lat and core threads used to control hardware to decode.
> > > Also Need to use these
> > > hardware dynamic at the same time. So I use component framework,
> > > just
> > > need to know the used  hardware index according to different
> > > project.Need not to do complex logic to manage these hardwares.
> > > 
> > 
> > I am not thrilled to see the component framework introduced to the
> > media subsystem. Like I said, it has no clear maintainer, and it's
> > not
> > easy to use.
> > 
> 
> How do you think about Deniel Vetter's mail ? It looks that there are
> maintainer for it.
> > The media subsystem has some support which AFAIK does the same
> > thing,
> > see v4l2-async, which is maintained by media people.
> > 
> 
> If component can be used, I prefer to use it. At the other hand, I
> will
> try to use these method as compared.
> > Please push a branch based on media/master containing these
> > changes.
> > I see there are other patch series for this device, but it's hard
> > to
> > track
> > which goes first, etc.
> > 
> 
> I need time to push a branch, or you can get the latest kernel and
> git
> am these patches, maybe much quicker.
> > Thanks,
> > Ezequiel
> 
> Thanks,
> Yunfei Dong