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authorGravatar Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> 2023-01-10 10:33:52 +0100
committerGravatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> 2023-01-22 09:55:00 +0100
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media: cpia2: remove deprecated driver
The cpia2 driver does not use the vb2 framework for streaming video, instead it implements this in the driver. This is error prone, and nobody stepped in to convert this driver to that framework. The hardware is very old, so the decision was made to remove it altogether. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/cpia2.rst145
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/other-usb-cardlist.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/usb-cardlist.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst1
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/cpia2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/cpia2.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f6ffef686462..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/cpia2.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-The cpia2 driver
-================
-
-Authors: Peter Pregler <Peter_Pregler@email.com>,
-Scott J. Bertin <scottbertin@yahoo.com>, and
-Jarl Totland <Jarl.Totland@bdc.no> for the original cpia driver, which
-this one was modelled from.
-
-Introduction
-------------
-
-This is a driver for STMicroelectronics's CPiA2 (second generation
-Colour Processor Interface ASIC) based cameras. This camera outputs an MJPEG
-stream at up to vga size. It implements the Video4Linux interface as much as
-possible. Since the V4L interface does not support compressed formats, only
-an mjpeg enabled application can be used with the camera. We have modified the
-gqcam application to view this stream.
-
-The driver is implemented as two kernel modules. The cpia2 module
-contains the camera functions and the V4L interface. The cpia2_usb module
-contains usb specific functions. The main reason for this was the size of the
-module was getting out of hand, so I separated them. It is not likely that
-there will be a parallel port version.
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Supports cameras with the Vision stv6410 (CIF) and stv6500 (VGA) cmos
- sensors. I only have the vga sensor, so can't test the other.
-- Image formats: VGA, QVGA, CIF, QCIF, and a number of sizes in between.
- VGA and QVGA are the native image sizes for the VGA camera. CIF is done
- in the coprocessor by scaling QVGA. All other sizes are done by clipping.
-- Palette: YCrCb, compressed with MJPEG.
-- Some compression parameters are settable.
-- Sensor framerate is adjustable (up to 30 fps CIF, 15 fps VGA).
-- Adjust brightness, color, contrast while streaming.
-- Flicker control settable for 50 or 60 Hz mains frequency.
-
-Making and installing the stv672 driver modules
------------------------------------------------
-
-Requirements
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Video4Linux must be either compiled into the kernel or
-available as a module. Video4Linux2 is automatically detected and made
-available at compile time.
-
-Setup
-~~~~~
-
-Use ``modprobe cpia2`` to load and ``modprobe -r cpia2`` to unload. This
-may be done automatically by your distribution.
-
-Driver options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{13ex}|L|
-
-
-============== ========================================================
-Option Description
-============== ========================================================
-video_nr video device to register (0=/dev/video0, etc)
- range -1 to 64. default is -1 (first available)
- If you have more than 1 camera, this MUST be -1.
-buffer_size Size for each frame buffer in bytes (default 68k)
-num_buffers Number of frame buffers (1-32, default 3)
-alternate USB Alternate (2-7, default 7)
-flicker_freq Frequency for flicker reduction(50 or 60, default 60)
-flicker_mode 0 to disable, or 1 to enable flicker reduction.
- (default 0). This is only effective if the camera
- uses a stv0672 coprocessor.
-============== ========================================================
-
-Setting the options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-If you are using modules, edit /etc/modules.conf and add an options
-line like this::
-
- options cpia2 num_buffers=3 buffer_size=65535
-
-If the driver is compiled into the kernel, at boot time specify them
-like this::
-
- cpia2.num_buffers=3 cpia2.buffer_size=65535
-
-What buffer size should I use?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The maximum image size depends on the alternate you choose, and the
-frame rate achieved by the camera. If the compression engine is able to
-keep up with the frame rate, the maximum image size is given by the table
-below.
-
-The compression engine starts out at maximum compression, and will
-increase image quality until it is close to the size in the table. As long
-as the compression engine can keep up with the frame rate, after a short time
-the images will all be about the size in the table, regardless of resolution.
-
-At low alternate settings, the compression engine may not be able to
-compress the image enough and will reduce the frame rate by producing larger
-images.
-
-The default of 68k should be good for most users. This will handle
-any alternate at frame rates down to 15fps. For lower frame rates, it may
-be necessary to increase the buffer size to avoid having frames dropped due
-to insufficient space.
-
-========== ========== ======== =====
-Alternate bytes/ms 15fps 30fps
-========== ========== ======== =====
- 2 128 8533 4267
- 3 384 25600 12800
- 4 640 42667 21333
- 5 768 51200 25600
- 6 896 59733 29867
- 7 1023 68200 34100
-========== ========== ======== =====
-
-Table: Image size(bytes)
-
-
-How many buffers should I use?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-For normal streaming, 3 should give the best results. With only 2,
-it is possible for the camera to finish sending one image just after a
-program has started reading the other. If this happens, the driver must drop
-a frame. The exception to this is if you have a heavily loaded machine. In
-this case use 2 buffers. You are probably not reading at the full frame rate.
-If the camera can send multiple images before a read finishes, it could
-overwrite the third buffer before the read finishes, leading to a corrupt
-image. Single and double buffering have extra checks to avoid overwriting.
-
-Using the camera
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-We are providing a modified gqcam application to view the output. In
-order to avoid confusion, here it is called mview. There is also the qx5view
-program which can also control the lights on the qx5 microscope. MJPEG Tools
-(http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net) can also be used to record from the camera.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/other-usb-cardlist.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/other-usb-cardlist.rst
index bbfdb1389c18..51ca863a8601 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/other-usb-cardlist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/other-usb-cardlist.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ dvb-as102 nBox DVB-T Dongle 0b89:0007
dvb-as102 Sky IT Digital Key (green led) 2137:0001
b2c2-flexcop-usb Technisat/B2C2 FlexCop II/IIb/III 0af7:0101
Digital TV
-cpia2 Vision's CPiA2 cameras 0553:0100, 0553:0140,
- such as the Digital Blue QX5 0553:0151
go7007 WIS GO7007 MPEG encoder 1943:a250, 093b:a002,
093b:a004, 0eb1:6666,
0eb1:6668
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/usb-cardlist.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/usb-cardlist.rst
index 1e96f928e0af..af05dbecde0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/usb-cardlist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/usb-cardlist.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Driver Name
airspy AirSpy
au0828 Auvitek AU0828
b2c2-flexcop-usb Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC USB
-cpia2 CPiA2 Video For Linux
cx231xx Conexant cx231xx USB video capture
dvb-as102 Abilis AS102 DVB receiver
dvb-ttusb-budget Technotrend/Hauppauge Nova - USB devices
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst
index adb5240d0407..aa5dcbae077e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Video4Linux (V4L) driver-specific documentation
bttv
cafe_ccic
- cpia2
cx88
davinci-vpbe
fimc