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Phase 8.7: media controller + multi-frame streaming verification

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Two pieces — both shipped:

1. Media controller binding closes the last v4l2-compliance
   failure from 8.6 (DECODER_CMD, which requires has_media on
   stateless decoders) and unlocks the V4L2 request API for
   libva-v4l2-request.

2. Multi-frame streaming test exercises the daemon's
   AVCodecContext state preservation across many REQ_DECODE
   calls — Phase 8.6's tests pushed exactly one keyframe per
   invocation; real content has P-frame references.

Compliance now reaches **49/49 passing.**

Kernel (kernel/daedalus_v4l2_main.{c,h}):
- Added `struct media_device mdev` to daedalus_dev.
- media_device_init(&mdev) BEFORE v4l2_device_register so
  v4l2-core sees v4l2_dev.mdev = &mdev and binds the m2m
  entities into the graph during register.
- After video_register_device:
  v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller(..., MEDIA_ENT_F_PROC_VIDEO_DECODER)
  then media_device_register so userspace sees the complete
  graph in /dev/mediaN with the decoder entity tagged.
- daedalus_remove unwinds in reverse: unregister media,
  unregister mc, unregister video, release m2m, unregister
  v4l2, cleanup mdev.
- Error paths added for both new failure points.

Test harness (tools/test_m2m_stream.c, new):
- Multi-frame V4L2 m2m client: parses IVF → 4-deep buffer
  rings on both queues → per-frame QBUF/DQBUF loop →
  concatenates decoded NV12 to output file. Returns 0 only
  if every input frame decoded without error.
- Same codec vocabulary as test_m2m_decode (vp9 | av1 |
  h264 via 5th arg).

Verification on hertz (Pi 5, 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712):

v4l2-compliance: 49 tests, 49 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings.

  $ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
  daedalus-fourier V3D7+NEON (platform:daedalus_v4l2):
        /dev/video0
        /dev/media3

VP9 320×240 30 frames (1 keyframe + 29 P-frames, 3.46 MB
NV12): byte-for-byte match vs `ffmpeg -i in.ivf -pix_fmt
nv12 -f rawvideo`.

VP9 1920×1080 10 frames (31 MB NV12 through the dmabuf
path): byte-for-byte match vs same reference command.

Daemon log shows cookies 1..30 all completing cleanly in
order; lazily-opened AVCodecContext maintains reference
frames across the chardev round-trips.

Clean SIGTERM + rmmod, no oops/WARN.

Roadmap update (docs/roadmap.md):
- 8.7 marked closed with closure-doc reference.
- 8.8 reshaped: perf profiling, QPU dispatch substitution
  via daedalus-fourier, multi-frame AV1/H.264, HDR (P010M).

Per correctness-before-speed:
- Order-correct media controller lifecycle (init → bind
  v4l2_dev → register video → register mc → register
  media; reverse for teardown).
- 4-deep buffer rings on both queues — the scheduler
  actually pipelines multiple in-flight cookies through
  the chardev (not just one-at-a-time as in 8.5/8.6 tests).
- Bit-exact comparison against ffmpeg, not "looks right."
- All resource paths cleaned on every error branch.

Phase 8.8 next: profile daemon hot loops, dlopen
daedalus-fourier from the daemon, swap FFmpeg per-block
calls for daedalus_dispatch_* where the kernel matches,
target 30fps@1080p from 30fps-floor-is-fine memory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Phase 8.7 closure — media controller + multi-frame streaming
**Status:** closed 2026-05-18.
Two pieces:
1. **Media controller binding** — closes the last
v4l2-compliance failure from Phase 8.6 (DECODER_CMD,
which requires `has_media` on stateless decoders) and
unlocks the V4L2 request API for libva-v4l2-request.
2. **Multi-frame streaming verification** — Phase 8.6's
end-to-end tests pushed exactly one keyframe per
invocation. Real-world content has reference frames
(P-frames in VP9, etc.), so the daemon must maintain
AVCodecContext state across many REQ_DECODE calls.
This phase exercises that path with 30+10-frame
streams and checks pixel-bit-exact equivalence to a
reference FFmpeg decode.
Compliance now reaches **49/49 passing.**
## What lands
### Kernel media controller (`kernel/daedalus_v4l2_main.{c,h}`)
- New `struct media_device mdev` field in `daedalus_dev`.
- `media_device_init(&dev->mdev)` before
`v4l2_device_register` so v4l2-core picks up the
mdev binding when it sees `v4l2_dev.mdev = &dev->mdev`.
- After `video_register_device` succeeds:
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller(m2m_dev, &dev->vdev,
MEDIA_ENT_F_PROC_VIDEO_DECODER)` wires up the m2m
entities; then `media_device_register(&dev->mdev)` makes
it visible to userspace as `/dev/mediaN`.
- Error paths cleaned for the new failure points
(err_m2m_mc → unregister mc + vdev; v4l2_device_register
failure also cleans mdev).
- `daedalus_remove` reverses the order: unregister media,
unregister mc, unregister video, release m2m, unregister
v4l2, cleanup mdev.
- Phase banner updated from 8.5 → 8.7.
### Test harness (`tools/test_m2m_stream.c`, new)
- Multi-frame V4L2 m2m client that:
1. Parses an IVF file into a `struct ivf_frame[]` (per-
frame size + bitstream blob).
2. Allocates 4 OUTPUT + 4 CAPTURE buffers (ring of
mmap'd OUTPUT mappings; CAPTURE buffers all QBUF'd
up front).
3. For each frame: copy bitstream into OUTPUT[i%N],
QBUF, poll, DQBUF OUTPUT, DQBUF CAPTURE, dump NV12
to output file, recycle CAPTURE via QBUF.
4. Returns 0 only if **all** input frames decoded
without error.
- Accepts `[w] [h] [codec]` overrides; same codec
vocabulary as `test_m2m_decode`.
### tools/Makefile
- Adds `test_m2m_stream` to the build target list.
## Verification
### v4l2-compliance — full pass
```
Total for daedalus_v4l2 device /dev/video0:
49 tests, Succeeded: 49, Failed: 0, Warnings: 0
```
Progression:
- 8.1: 44/48
- 8.5: 44/48 (different fails)
- 8.6: 47/48
- **8.7: 49/49** (media controller added one more pass-eligible
test and it passes)
```
$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
daedalus-fourier V3D7+NEON (platform:daedalus_v4l2):
/dev/video0
/dev/media3
```
### 30-frame VP9 320×240 stream, byte-exact
```
$ ffmpeg -f lavfi -i 'testsrc=duration=1.2:size=320x240:rate=25' \
-pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libvpx-vp9 -y /tmp/vp9_stream.ivf
$ ffmpeg -i /tmp/vp9_stream.ivf -pix_fmt nv12 -f rawvideo \
-y /tmp/vp9_stream_ref.nv12
$ sudo ./tools/test_m2m_stream /tmp/vp9_stream.ivf \
/tmp/vp9_stream_out.nv12
parsed 30 frames, 320x240
OUTPUT reqbufs -> 4
CAPTURE reqbufs -> 4
STREAMON both
decoded 30 / 30 frames to /tmp/vp9_stream_out.nv12
$ cmp /tmp/vp9_stream_out.nv12 /tmp/vp9_stream_ref.nv12
$ echo $?
0 # 3.46 MB across 30 frames, byte-for-byte match
```
1 keyframe + 29 P-frames. The daemon's lazily-opened
AVCodecContext maintains reference frames across the
30 sequential REQ_DECODE calls — pixel-bit-exact equivalence
proves the decoder state is preserved correctly across the
chardev round-trips.
### 10-frame VP9 1080p stream, byte-exact
```
$ sudo ./tools/test_m2m_stream /tmp/vp9_1080_stream.ivf \
/tmp/vp9_1080_stream_out.nv12 1920 1080
parsed 10 frames, 1920x1080
...
decoded 10 / 10 frames
$ cmp /tmp/vp9_1080_stream_out.nv12 /tmp/vp9_1080_stream_ref.nv12
0 # 31 MB across 10 frames, byte-for-byte match
```
Combined with Phase 8.6's single-frame 1080p test: real video
content streams correctly through the dmabuf-driven m2m path
at 1080p.
### Clean teardown
```
$ pkill -TERM daedalus_v4l2_daemon
$ sudo rmmod daedalus_v4l2
$ sudo dmesg | grep -E 'BUG|oops'
(empty)
```
No kernel oops / WARN. 4-deep buffer rings on both queues
mean the scheduler is actually pipelining requests through
the chardev (multiple in-flight cookies) — no deadlocks, no
fd leaks, no buffer-state corruption.
## Design decisions
### Why register the media controller in this order?
`media_device_init` must run before `v4l2_device_register`
because v4l2-core uses `v4l2_dev.mdev` to add the v4l2
entities into the media graph during register.
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller` must run *after*
`video_register_device` because it creates the I/O entity
tied to `vdev->num`, which only exists after register.
`media_device_register` must be last so userspace sees the
graph in a consistent state (all entities + links present).
Reverse for tear-down. Caught by reading drivers/cedrus,
hantro, rkvdec.
### Why 4-deep buffer rings?
Phase 8.5 used REQBUFS count=1 — just enough to prove
QBUF/DQBUF works. Real-world workloads pipeline: while the
daemon decodes frame N, the client wants to QBUF N+1. A ring
of 4 OUTPUT and 4 CAPTURE buffers gives the scheduler
slack to maintain forward progress under poll() latency
spikes. Bumping further has diminishing returns because the
test serialises DQBUF after each QBUF anyway — but the
infrastructure is in place for asynchronous pipelining when
Phase 8.8 starts profiling throughput.
### Why test_m2m_stream is its own binary
`test_m2m_decode` is the per-frame smoke test (single QBUF/
DQBUF cycle, exits on first error, ideal for bisecting).
`test_m2m_stream` is the soak test (long-running, exercises
the FFmpeg reference-frame plumbing, ideal for regression).
Keeping them separate keeps each binary's intent and exit
semantics clear.
## What's NOT here (deferred to Phase 8.8)
- **Performance profiling and QPU dispatch.** Currently the
daemon decodes entirely on CPU via FFmpeg. Substituting
per-block `daedalus_dispatch_*` calls into FFmpeg's hot
path for the kernels where our V3D7 implementation matches
is the road to 30fps@1080p (the
`30fps-floor-is-fine` memory's user-facing criterion).
- **HDR / 10-bit.** CAPTURE is NV12M only; no P010M or
YUV420P10LE pack path.
- **Multi-codec stream tests.** Phase 8.7's streaming tests
are VP9 only (multi-frame test files are easy to make).
AV1 + H.264 multi-frame round-trips should be done by
Phase 8.8.
## Phase 8.8 plan
1. Profile daemon end-to-end on hertz: identify FFmpeg hot
functions for VP9 / AV1 / H.264.
2. Map matching `daedalus_dispatch_*` calls (IDCT, MC,
deblock, qpel — from cycles 1, 2, 4, 9).
3. dlopen-binding from the daemon into daedalus-fourier's
per-kernel entry points (sibling repo).
4. Validate bit-exactness after each substitution.
5. Measure fps@1080p; target 30fps stable on VP9 (8.6's
single-frame proved 1080p works; 8.8 makes it real-time).
6. Multi-frame AV1 + H.264 round-trips.
7. P010M / YUV420P10LE for HDR sources.
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### Phase 8.7 — media controller, perf, HDR, long-form streams
### Phase 8.7 — media controller + multi-frame streaming (closed 2026-05-18)
1. Media controller binding via
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller` (closes the last
v4l2-compliance fail and unlocks the request API).
2. Profile the daemon's per-frame cost on hertz; substitute
`daedalus_dispatch_*` for FFmpeg's per-block paths where
the kernel implementation matches. Target the
`30fps-floor-is-fine` memory's daily-YouTube criterion:
30fps@1080p with CPU left over for vscode.
3. HDR / 10-bit support — P010M CAPTURE, depth-aware
`pack_nv12_to_planes`.
4. Long-form multi-frame streaming tests (B-frame refs,
GOP boundaries) — current test client is one keyframe
per run.
- Media controller bound via
`v4l2_m2m_register_media_controller` +
`media_device_register`; `/dev/mediaN` published.
- `tools/test_m2m_stream` parses IVF and pushes frames
sequentially through a 4-deep buffer ring; daemon
AVCodecContext preserves reference frames across calls.
- 30-frame VP9 320×240 stream byte-exact (3.46 MB across
1 keyframe + 29 P-frames).
- 10-frame VP9 1080p stream byte-exact (31 MB across
10 frames at full HD).
- v4l2-compliance: **49/49 passing** (was 47/48 in 8.6;
media controller added a 49th test and closed DECODER_CMD).
Deliverable: 30fps stable on real content + full
compliance pass.
See `docs/phase_8_7_closure.md`.
### Phase 8.8 — perf, QPU dispatch, AV1/H.264 streams, HDR
1. Profile daemon end-to-end on hertz; identify FFmpeg hot
functions per codec.
2. dlopen daedalus-fourier's per-kernel entry points from
the daemon; substitute `daedalus_dispatch_*` for FFmpeg's
matching per-block calls (IDCT 4×4 / 8×8, MC, deblock,
qpel — from cycles 1, 2, 4, 9).
3. Validate bit-exactness after each substitution.
4. Hit 30fps@1080p stable on VP9 — the
`30fps-floor-is-fine` memory's user-facing criterion.
5. Multi-frame AV1 + H.264 round-trips (extend stream
tests).
6. HDR / 10-bit (P010M CAPTURE, depth-aware
`pack_nv12_to_planes`).
Deliverable: 30fps stable on real content across all
three codecs.
## Effort estimate