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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-06-04 06:59:38 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-06-04 06:59:38 +0300 |
commit | a98f670e41a99f53acb1fb33cee9c6abbb2e6f23 (patch) | |
tree | f8ae10a4cb91758ad7f9422053753a8c5d0f04dc /Documentation/userspace-api/media/cec/cec-intro.rst | |
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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/userspace-api/media/cec/cec-intro.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/cec/cec-intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a4db82388202 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/cec/cec-intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, +.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software +.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts +.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at +.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst. +.. +.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections + +.. _cec-intro: + +Introduction +============ + +HDMI connectors provide a single pin for use by the Consumer Electronics +Control protocol. This protocol allows different devices connected by an +HDMI cable to communicate. The protocol for CEC version 1.4 is defined +in supplements 1 (CEC) and 2 (HEAC or HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return +Channel) of the HDMI 1.4a (:ref:`hdmi`) specification and the +extensions added to CEC version 2.0 are defined in chapter 11 of the +HDMI 2.0 (:ref:`hdmi2`) specification. + +The bitrate is very slow (effectively no more than 36 bytes per second) +and is based on the ancient AV.link protocol used in old SCART +connectors. The protocol closely resembles a crazy Rube Goldberg +contraption and is an unholy mix of low and high level messages. Some +messages, especially those part of the HEAC protocol layered on top of +CEC, need to be handled by the kernel, others can be handled either by +the kernel or by userspace. + +In addition, CEC can be implemented in HDMI receivers, transmitters and +in USB devices that have an HDMI input and an HDMI output and that +control just the CEC pin. + +Drivers that support CEC will create a CEC device node (/dev/cecX) to +give userspace access to the CEC adapter. The +:ref:`CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS` ioctl will tell userspace what it is allowed to do. + +In order to check the support and test it, it is suggested to download +the `v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_ package. It +provides three tools to handle CEC: + +- cec-ctl: the Swiss army knife of CEC. Allows you to configure, transmit + and monitor CEC messages. + +- cec-compliance: does a CEC compliance test of a remote CEC device to + determine how compliant the CEC implementation is. + +- cec-follower: emulates a CEC follower. |