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Builds the daemon executable per the locked Phase 8 architecture
(Option γ: dlopen FFmpeg at runtime). Phase 8.3 scope: parse
path validation only — no V4L2 wiring, no decode, no chardev
connection.
Components:
- daemon/CMakeLists.txt — CMake with -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic
clean. pkg-config for FFmpeg headers; only -ldl + -lpthread
at link time.
- daemon/src/main.c — entry point, signal handlers
(SIGINT/SIGTERM), command dispatcher. Currently `parse <file>`.
- daemon/src/ffmpeg_loader.{c,h} — runtime FFmpeg loader.
dlopens libavformat.so.61, libavcodec.so.61, libavutil.so.59.
Resolves 22 function pointers using POSIX-recommended
*(void**)& dlsym idiom (per POSIX.1-2017 dlsym(3p) Rationale).
- daemon/src/parser.{c,h} — demux loop via avformat_open_input +
av_read_frame. Per-frame logging on -v.
- daemon/src/log.{c,h} — logging facade (stderr Phase 8.3;
syslog/journal planned for 8.5+).
Verification on hertz:
$ ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=2:size=320x240:rate=30 \
-c:v libvpx-vp9 -y /tmp/testsrc.ivf
$ daedalus_v4l2_daemon parse /tmp/testsrc.ivf
[INFO] FFmpeg loaded: 7.1.3-0+deb13u1+rpt1 (libavformat 61.7.100)
[INFO] video stream #0: codec=vp9 (Google VP9) 320x240, 0/0 fps
[INFO] parse complete: 60 frames (1 key) total 17859 bytes
Error paths verified:
- Missing file → "avformat_open_input(...): code -2", exit 1
- No command → usage message, exit 2
- Bad command → usage message, exit 2
Per correctness-before-speed:
- Real CMake (no Makefile hacks)
- pkg-config for headers
- POSIX-conformant dlsym pattern (no -Wpedantic suppression)
- Real signal handling + proper exit codes
- Real logging with timestamp + level
- Headers included at compile-time for type safety; dlopen
decouples runtime
- All FFmpeg resources freed on every exit path
- Builds clean on -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic
Phase 8.3 acceptance criteria met:
- ✓ daemon binary builds
- ✓ dlopen FFmpeg at runtime
- ✓ demux a VP9 IVF file end-to-end
- ✓ per-frame metadata logged correctly
- ✓ frame count + keyframe count + byte total accurate
Phase 8.4 next: wire daemon to /dev/daedalus-v4l2 chardev,
add REQ_DECODE / RESP_FRAME handling, drive VP9 decode
end-to-end via daedalus_dispatch_* from daedalus-fourier.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
daedalus-v4l2
V4L2 stateless decoder for the Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5, backed by the
daedalus-fourier kernel library (VP9 + AV1 CDEF + H.264 video
decode kernels on VideoCore VII compute + ARM NEON).
Status: scaffold (2026-05-18). Architecture locked per daedalus-fourier session memory; implementation not yet begun.
What this is
Sibling repo to daedalus-fourier (the kernel library; cycles 1-9 closed).
A two-piece userspace + kernel-module stack that exposes a V4L2
stateless decoder interface (/dev/videoNN) so that
libva-v4l2-request-fourier → firefox-fourier /
chromium-fourier can drive it the same way they drive existing
hardware-decode pipelines on Pi 5 / RK3588.
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| firefox-fourier / chromium-fourier (existing) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| VA-API |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| libva-v4l2-request-fourier (existing, sibling project) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| V4L2 stateless ioctl uAPI |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| daedalus-v4l2 kernel module (`kernel/`) |
| - registers /dev/videoNN |
| - parses V4L2 stateless ioctls (VP9/AV1/H.264 controls) |
| - forwards bitstream + controls to userspace daemon |
| via chardev or netlink |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| daedalus-v4l2 userspace daemon (`daemon/`) |
| - takes bitstream blobs + per-slice controls |
| - drives FFmpeg parsers via dlopen (Option γ) |
| - dispatches per-block ops via daedalus-fourier |
| public API (daedalus_dispatch_*) |
| - posts decoded frames back to kernel module |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| daedalus-fourier kernel library (sibling project) |
| - exports include/daedalus.h public API |
| - per-kernel CPU NEON + opportunistic V3D QPU dispatch |
| - 9 closed cycles across VP9, AV1 CDEF, H.264 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| V3D 7.1 (Mesa userspace v3dv) + ARM NEON (BCM2712) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
Why this architecture (Option B + γ + sibling)
Locked by user 2026-05-18 from 3 options in
daedalus-fourier/docs/phase8_scoping.md:
- Option B over A (userspace v4l2loopback): real
/dev/videoNN, proper DRM PRIME / dmabuf for browser zero-copy. - Option γ: dlopen FFmpeg as parser at runtime. No vendoring, fastest to v1.
- Sibling repo: per
project_consumer_targetconvention, V4L2-side work lives outside daedalus-fourier so the kernel-library has a clean API boundary.
Status
Initial scaffold only. See docs/architecture.md for the
deeper design and docs/roadmap.md for the
sub-phase breakdown.
Repo layout
kernel/— Linux kernel module (V4L2 device registration + ioctl handling + userspace chardev bridge). Out-of-tree.daemon/— userspace decoder daemon (linkslibdaedalus_core.afrom sibling daedalus-fourier; uses dlopen for FFmpeg parser).include/— shared headers between kernel and daemon.docs/— architecture + roadmap.
License
Kernel module: GPLv2 (required for kernel-tree compatibility). Userspace daemon: BSD-2-Clause (matches daedalus-fourier).