| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
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| Raspberry Pi PiSP Back End Memory-to-Memory ISP (pisp-be) |
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| The PiSP Back End |
| ================= |
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| The PiSP Back End is a memory-to-memory Image Signal Processor (ISP) which reads |
| image data from DRAM memory and performs image processing as specified by the |
| application through the parameters in a configuration buffer, before writing |
| pixel data back to memory through two distinct output channels. |
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| The ISP registers and programming model are documented in the `Raspberry Pi |
| Image Signal Processor (PiSP) Specification document`_ |
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| The PiSP Back End ISP processes images in tiles. The handling of image |
| tessellation and the computation of low-level configuration parameters is |
| realized by a free software library called `libpisp |
| <https://github.com/raspberrypi/libpisp>`_. |
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| The full image processing pipeline, which involves capturing RAW Bayer data from |
| an image sensor through a MIPI CSI-2 compatible capture interface, storing them |
| in DRAM memory and processing them in the PiSP Back End to obtain images usable |
| by an application is implemented in `libcamera <https://libcamera.org>`_ as |
| part of the Raspberry Pi platform support. |
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| The pisp-be driver |
| ================== |
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| The Raspberry Pi PiSP Back End (pisp-be) driver is located under |
| drivers/media/platform/raspberrypi/pisp-be. It uses the `V4L2 API` to register |
| a number of video capture and output devices, the `V4L2 subdev API` to register |
| a subdevice for the ISP that connects the video devices in a single media graph |
| realized using the `Media Controller (MC) API`. |
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| The media topology registered by the `pisp-be` driver is represented below: |
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| .. _pips-be-topology: |
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| .. kernel-figure:: raspberrypi-pisp-be.dot |
| :alt: Diagram of the default media pipeline topology |
| :align: center |
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| The media graph registers the following video device nodes: |
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| - pispbe-input: output device for images to be submitted to the ISP for |
| processing. |
| - pispbe-tdn_input: output device for temporal denoise. |
| - pispbe-stitch_input: output device for image stitching (HDR). |
| - pispbe-output0: first capture device for processed images. |
| - pispbe-output1: second capture device for processed images. |
| - pispbe-tdn_output: capture device for temporal denoise. |
| - pispbe-stitch_output: capture device for image stitching (HDR). |
| - pispbe-config: output device for ISP configuration parameters. |
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| pispbe-input |
| ------------ |
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| Images to be processed by the ISP are queued to the `pispbe-input` output device |
| node. For a list of image formats supported as input to the ISP refer to the |
| `Raspberry Pi Image Signal Processor (PiSP) Specification document`_. |
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| pispbe-tdn_input, pispbe-tdn_output |
| ----------------------------------- |
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| The `pispbe-tdn_input` output video device receives images to be processed by |
| the temporal denoise block which are captured from the `pispbe-tdn_output` |
| capture video device. Userspace is responsible for maintaining queues on both |
| devices, and ensuring that buffers completed on the output are queued to the |
| input. |
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| pispbe-stitch_input, pispbe-stitch_output |
| ----------------------------------------- |
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| To realize HDR (high dynamic range) image processing the image stitching and |
| tonemapping blocks are used. The `pispbe-stitch_output` writes images to memory |
| and the `pispbe-stitch_input` receives the previously written frame to process |
| it along with the current input image. Userspace is responsible for maintaining |
| queues on both devices, and ensuring that buffers completed on the output are |
| queued to the input. |
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| pispbe-output0, pispbe-output1 |
| ------------------------------ |
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| The two capture devices write to memory the pixel data as processed by the ISP. |
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| pispbe-config |
| ------------- |
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| The `pispbe-config` output video devices receives a buffer of configuration |
| parameters that define the desired image processing to be performed by the ISP. |
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| The format of the ISP configuration parameter is defined by |
| :c:type:`pisp_be_tiles_config` C structure and the meaning of each parameter is |
| described in the `Raspberry Pi Image Signal Processor (PiSP) Specification |
| document`_. |
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| ISP configuration |
| ================= |
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| The ISP configuration is described solely by the content of the parameters |
| buffer. The only parameter that userspace needs to configure using the V4L2 API |
| is the image format on the output and capture video devices for validation of |
| the content of the parameters buffer. |
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| .. _Raspberry Pi Image Signal Processor (PiSP) Specification document: https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/camera/raspberry-pi-image-signal-processor-specification.pdf |
