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[v5] media: docs: add glossary.rst with common terms used at V4L2 spec

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Mauro Carvalho Chehab Oct. 4, 2018, 3:03 p.m. UTC 
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>

Add a glossary of terms used within the media userspace API
documentation, as several concepts are complex enough to cause
misunderstandings.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst    |   3 +
 Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst | 185 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst

Comments

Hans Verkuil Oct. 8, 2018, 11:08 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 10/04/2018 05:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
> 
> Add a glossary of terms used within the media userspace API
> documentation, as several concepts are complex enough to cause
> misunderstandings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>

With the understanding that this is a work in progress:

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>

There are always things that can be improved/added, but let's not postpone
this any longer. A glossary is useful to have, even if incomplete/imperfect.

Regards,

	Hans

> ---
>  Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst    |   3 +
>  Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst | 185 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> index 28eb35a1f965..41f091a26003 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
>  
>  .. include:: <isonum.txt>
>  
> +.. _media_uapi:
> +
>  ########################################
>  Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
>  ########################################
> @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ License".
>      uapi/cec/cec-api
>      uapi/gen-errors
>      uapi/fdl-appendix
> +    uapi/glossary
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1dce36707509
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-or-later
> +
> +.. For GPL-2.0, see LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
> +..
> +.. For GFDL-1.1-or-later, see:
> +..
> +.. 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/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst.
> +
> +========
> +Glossary
> +========
> +
> +.. note::
> +
> +   This goal of this section is to standardize the terms used within the media
> +   userspace API documentation. It is written incrementally as they are
> +   standardized in the media documentation.
> +
> +   So, it is a Work In Progress.
> +
> +.. Please keep the glossary entries in alphabetical order
> +
> +.. glossary::
> +
> +    Bridge Driver
> +	A :term:`device driver` that implements the main logic to talk with
> +	media hardware.
> +
> +    CEC API
> +	**Consumer Electronics Control API**
> +
> +	An API designed to receive and transmit data via an HDMI
> +	CEC interface.
> +
> +	See :ref:`cec`.
> +
> +    Device Driver
> +	Part of the Linux Kernel that implements support for a hardware
> +	component.
> +
> +    Device Node
> +	A character device node in the file system used to control and
> +	ransfer data in and out of a Kernel driver.
> +
> +    Digital TV API
> +	**Previously known as DVB API**
> +
> +	An API designed to control a subset of the :term:`Media Hardware`
> +	that implements	digital TV.
> +
> +	See :ref:`dvbapi`.
> +
> +    DSP
> +        **Digital Signal Processor**
> +
> +	A specialized :term:`Microprocessor`, with its architecture
> +	optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
> +
> +    FPGA
> +	**Field-programmable Gate Array**
> +
> +	An :term:`IC` circuit designed to be configured by a customer or
> +	a designer after manufacturing.
> +
> +	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array.
> +
> +    I²C
> +	**Inter-Integrated Circuit**
> +
> +	A  multi-master, multi-slave, packet switched, single-ended,
> +	serial computer bus used to control some hardware components
> +	like sub-device hardware components.
> +
> +	See http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf.
> +
> +    IC
> +	**Integrated circuit**
> +
> +	A set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece of
> +	semiconductor material, normally silicon.
> +
> +	Also known as chip.
> +
> +    IP Block
> +	**Intellectual property core**
> +
> +	In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core,
> +	is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or integrated circuit layout
> +	design that is the intellectual property of one party.
> +	IP Blocks may be licensed to another party or can be owned
> +	and used by a single party alone.
> +
> +	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_intellectual_property_core).
> +
> +    ISP
> +	**Image Signal Processor**
> +
> +	A specialized processor that implements a set of algorithms for
> +	processing image data. ISPs may implement algorithms for lens
> +	shading correction, demosaicing, scaling and pixel format conversion
> +	as well as produce statistics for the use of the control
> +	algorithms (e.g. automatic exposure, white balance and focus).
> +
> +    Media API
> +	A set of userspace APIs used to control the media hardware. It is
> +	composed by:
> +
> +	  - :term:`CEC API`;
> +	  - :term:`Digital TV API`;
> +	  - :term:`MC API`;
> +	  - :term:`RC API`; and
> +	  - :term:`V4L2 API`.
> +
> +	See :ref:`media_uapi`.
> +
> +    MC API
> +	**Media Controller API**
> +
> +	An API designed to expose and control the relationships between
> +	devices and sub-devices.
> +
> +	See :ref:`media_controller`.
> +
> +    Media Hardware
> +	Subset of the hardware that is supported by the Linux Media API.
> +
> +	This includes audio and video capture and playback hardware,
> +	digital and analog TV, camera sensors, ISPs, remote controllers,
> +	codecs, HDMI Consumer Electronics Control, HDMI capture, etc.
> +
> +
> +	See :ref:`media_uapi`.
> +
> +    Microprocessor
> +	Electronic circuitry that carries out the instructions of a
> +	computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical,
> +	control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the
> +	instructions on a single integrated circuit.
> +
> +    RC API
> +	**Remote Controller API**
> +
> +	An API designed to receive and transmit data from remote
> +	controllers.
> +
> +	See :ref:`remote_controllers`.
> +
> +    SMBus
> +	A subset of I²C, which defines a stricter usage of the bus.
> +
> +    SPI
> +	**Serial Peripheral Interface Bus**
> +
> +	Synchronous serial communication interface specification used for
> +	short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems.
> +
> +    SoC
> +	**System on a Chip**
> +
> +	An integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer
> +	or other electronic systems.
> +
> +    V4L2 API
> +	**V4L2 userspace API**
> +
> +	The userspace API defined in :ref:`v4l2spec`, which is used to
> +	control a V4L2 hardware.
> +
> +    V4L2 Hardware
> +	Part of a media hardware with is supported by the :term:`V4L2 API`.
> +
> +    V4L2 Sub-device
> +	V4L2 hardware components that aren't controlled by a
> +	:term:`bridge driver`.
> +
> +    V4L2 Sub-device API
> +	Part of the :term:`V4L2 API` which control
> +	:term:`V4L2 sub-devices <V4L2 Sub-device>`.
> +
> +	See :ref:`subdev`.
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
index 28eb35a1f965..41f091a26003 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/media_uapi.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ 
 
 .. include:: <isonum.txt>
 
+.. _media_uapi:
+
 ########################################
 Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
 ########################################
@@ -31,3 +33,4 @@  License".
     uapi/cec/cec-api
     uapi/gen-errors
     uapi/fdl-appendix
+    uapi/glossary
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1dce36707509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/glossary.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ 
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-or-later
+
+.. For GPL-2.0, see LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
+..
+.. For GFDL-1.1-or-later, see:
+..
+.. 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/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst.
+
+========
+Glossary
+========
+
+.. note::
+
+   This goal of this section is to standardize the terms used within the media
+   userspace API documentation. It is written incrementally as they are
+   standardized in the media documentation.
+
+   So, it is a Work In Progress.
+
+.. Please keep the glossary entries in alphabetical order
+
+.. glossary::
+
+    Bridge Driver
+	A :term:`device driver` that implements the main logic to talk with
+	media hardware.
+
+    CEC API
+	**Consumer Electronics Control API**
+
+	An API designed to receive and transmit data via an HDMI
+	CEC interface.
+
+	See :ref:`cec`.
+
+    Device Driver
+	Part of the Linux Kernel that implements support for a hardware
+	component.
+
+    Device Node
+	A character device node in the file system used to control and
+	ransfer data in and out of a Kernel driver.
+
+    Digital TV API
+	**Previously known as DVB API**
+
+	An API designed to control a subset of the :term:`Media Hardware`
+	that implements	digital TV.
+
+	See :ref:`dvbapi`.
+
+    DSP
+        **Digital Signal Processor**
+
+	A specialized :term:`Microprocessor`, with its architecture
+	optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
+
+    FPGA
+	**Field-programmable Gate Array**
+
+	An :term:`IC` circuit designed to be configured by a customer or
+	a designer after manufacturing.
+
+	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array.
+
+    I²C
+	**Inter-Integrated Circuit**
+
+	A  multi-master, multi-slave, packet switched, single-ended,
+	serial computer bus used to control some hardware components
+	like sub-device hardware components.
+
+	See http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf.
+
+    IC
+	**Integrated circuit**
+
+	A set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece of
+	semiconductor material, normally silicon.
+
+	Also known as chip.
+
+    IP Block
+	**Intellectual property core**
+
+	In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core,
+	is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or integrated circuit layout
+	design that is the intellectual property of one party.
+	IP Blocks may be licensed to another party or can be owned
+	and used by a single party alone.
+
+	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_intellectual_property_core).
+
+    ISP
+	**Image Signal Processor**
+
+	A specialized processor that implements a set of algorithms for
+	processing image data. ISPs may implement algorithms for lens
+	shading correction, demosaicing, scaling and pixel format conversion
+	as well as produce statistics for the use of the control
+	algorithms (e.g. automatic exposure, white balance and focus).
+
+    Media API
+	A set of userspace APIs used to control the media hardware. It is
+	composed by:
+
+	  - :term:`CEC API`;
+	  - :term:`Digital TV API`;
+	  - :term:`MC API`;
+	  - :term:`RC API`; and
+	  - :term:`V4L2 API`.
+
+	See :ref:`media_uapi`.
+
+    MC API
+	**Media Controller API**
+
+	An API designed to expose and control the relationships between
+	devices and sub-devices.
+
+	See :ref:`media_controller`.
+
+    Media Hardware
+	Subset of the hardware that is supported by the Linux Media API.
+
+	This includes audio and video capture and playback hardware,
+	digital and analog TV, camera sensors, ISPs, remote controllers,
+	codecs, HDMI Consumer Electronics Control, HDMI capture, etc.
+
+
+	See :ref:`media_uapi`.
+
+    Microprocessor
+	Electronic circuitry that carries out the instructions of a
+	computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical,
+	control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the
+	instructions on a single integrated circuit.
+
+    RC API
+	**Remote Controller API**
+
+	An API designed to receive and transmit data from remote
+	controllers.
+
+	See :ref:`remote_controllers`.
+
+    SMBus
+	A subset of I²C, which defines a stricter usage of the bus.
+
+    SPI
+	**Serial Peripheral Interface Bus**
+
+	Synchronous serial communication interface specification used for
+	short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems.
+
+    SoC
+	**System on a Chip**
+
+	An integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer
+	or other electronic systems.
+
+    V4L2 API
+	**V4L2 userspace API**
+
+	The userspace API defined in :ref:`v4l2spec`, which is used to
+	control a V4L2 hardware.
+
+    V4L2 Hardware
+	Part of a media hardware with is supported by the :term:`V4L2 API`.
+
+    V4L2 Sub-device
+	V4L2 hardware components that aren't controlled by a
+	:term:`bridge driver`.
+
+    V4L2 Sub-device API
+	Part of the :term:`V4L2 API` which control
+	:term:`V4L2 sub-devices <V4L2 Sub-device>`.
+
+	See :ref:`subdev`.