kernel/git/stable/linux.git/Documentation/userspace-api/media, branch linux-7.2.y

media: v4l2-ctrls: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance

2026-09-11T09:51:14+00:00

commit 49af0c7cad889f7dabe5cf080b019392066122a3 upstream. SMPTE ST 2086 defines the nominal ranges for mastering display chromaticity and luminance values. Its Annex A also documents that CTA 861-G uses zero maximum and minimum luminance values to signal that the corresponding values are unknown, and the xy chromaticity coordinate (0, 0) to signal that the white point chromaticity is unknown. The V4L2 HDR10 mastering display compound control currently rejects these values. Consequently, an unknown white point or luminance value prevents the entire compound control from being updated, making the other valid mastering display metadata unavailable to userspace. Accept (0, 0) as an unknown white point and zero as an unknown maximum or minimum mastering luminance. Continue to reject partially zero white point coordinates and non-zero values outside the nominal ranges. Display primary validation remains unchanged. Document the newly accepted unknown values in the V4L2 userspace API. Fixes: 1ad0de78e794 ("media: v4l: Add HDR10 static metadata controls") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ming Qian Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: media: add CEC opcodes

2026-05-19T15:53:04+00:00

Add the new opcodes to cec.h.rst.exceptions to avoid documentation build failures. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Link: https://patch.msgid.link/afe5d8f6cdf2dc030011eaf9acd8f68847d1b8cf.1779115235.git.hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Message-ID:

media: uvcvideo: Announce deprecation intentions for UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP

2026-05-12T05:30:53+00:00

The UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP lets userspace create a mapping for a custom control. This mapping is usually created by the uvcdynctrl userspace utility. We would like to get the mappings into the driver instead. Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil

media: Documentation: Improve LINK_FREQ documentation

2026-05-07T10:23:47+00:00

Add a reference to the LINK_FREQ control and clarify the meaning of the control as for C-PHY the matter is less obvious. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus Reviewed-by: Mirela Rabulea Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart

media: v4l2-controls: Add control for background detection

2026-05-04T06:35:14+00:00

Add a generic V4L2 boolean control V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BACKGROUND_DETECTION that allows encoders to detect background regions in a frame and use fewer bits or skip mode to encode them, potentially reducing bitrate for streams with stationary scenes. Signed-off-by: Jackson Lee Signed-off-by: Nas Chung Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil

Documentation: media: Fix v4l2_vp9_segmentation

2026-05-04T06:35:14+00:00

feature_data is defined as __s16 in the header. Signed-off-by: Fritz Koenig Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil

media: uapi: Clarify MBUS color component order for serial buses

2026-03-24T10:58:02+00:00

The subdev format documentation has a subsection describing how to use the media bus pixel codes for serial buses. While it describes the sampling part well, it doesn't really describe the current convention used for the components order. Let's improve that. Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil

media: docs: Fix typo 'hardwares' to 'hardware'

2026-03-16T10:51:55+00:00

Fix incorrect plural form of the uncountable noun 'hardware' in the legacy DVB audio documentation. Signed-off-by: Nauman Sabir Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil

Merge tag 'media/v7.0-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

2026-02-11T20:20:25+00:00

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Add support for GMSL1 and GMSL‑coax modules (PCI mgb4) - Add driver for TI VIP - AV1 – first kernel support (pixel‑format, decoder, transcoder) - Three new camera‑sensor drivers (os05b10, s5k3m5, s5kjn1) - Synopsys CSI‑2 receiver driver - Verisilicon & rkvdec – major fixes and enhancements - IPU6 (and 7) fixes and preparation for metadata - omap3isp: v4l2-compliance updates - Fix DVB streaming, drop wait_prepare/finish (dvb/vb2) * tag 'media/v7.0-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (307 commits) media: uvcvideo: Pass allocation size directly to uvc_alloc_urb_buffer media: uvcvideo: Fix allocation for small frame sizes media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure media: uvcvideo: Create an ID namespace for streaming output terminals media: rkvdec: Add HEVC support for the VDPU383 variant media: rkvdec: Add HEVC support for the VDPU381 variant media: rkvdec: Add H264 support for the VDPU383 variant media: rkvdec: Add H264 support for the VDPU381 variant media: rkvdec: Disable multicore support media: rkvdec: Enable all clocks without naming them media: rkvdec: Support per-variant interrupt handler media: rkvdec: Add RCB and SRAM support media: rkvdec: Add variant specific coded formats list media: rkvdec: Move hevc functions to common file media: rkvdec: Move h264 functions to common file media: rkvdec: Use structs to represent the HW RPS media: rkvdec: Move cabac tables to their own source file media: rkvdec: Switch to using structs instead of writel media: visl: Add HEVC short and long term RPS sets media: v4l2-ctrls: Add hevc_ext_sps_[ls]t_rps controls ...

media: uapi: HEVC: Add v4l2_ctrl_hevc_ext_sps_[ls]t_rps controls

2026-01-21T13:43:09+00:00

Some hardware (e.g.: Rockchip's rk3588 hevc decoder) need to fully parse the slice header, which cannot be passed with the current controls. There is also no skip method similar as to what can be found in verisilicon HW. The SPS is therefore extended through these 2 new controls, providing the long and short term reference information from the slice header for HEVC decoding. These now controls are similar as what is passed in the Vulkan Video API with the StdVideoH265ShortTermRefPicSet and StdVideoH265LongTermRefPicsSps structures embedded in the SPS struct. Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Detlev Casanova Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil