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Removes the Phase 8.5 64 KiB frame-size cap by exporting CAPTURE
buffers as dmabuf-fds the daemon mmaps and writes pixels into
directly. Adds AV1 + H.264 codec support, V4L2 stateless control
registration, and the compliance polish that brings the driver
to 47/48 v4l2-compliance pass.
Protocol (include/daedalus_v4l2_proto.h):
- struct daedalus_req_decode grew capture-buffer metadata
(width/height/pix_fmt/num_planes + per-plane size+stride).
- New DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF ioctl on the chardev: daemon
asks for a per-plane dmabuf fd, kernel calls vb2_core_expbuf
in daemon task context so the fd lands in the daemon's table.
Kernel m2m driver (kernel/daedalus_v4l2_main.c):
- Both queues switched to vb2_dma_contig_memops. OUTPUT was
vmalloc in 8.5; the switch is needed because vmalloc doesn't
honour V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT and v4l2-compliance's
REQBUFS test rejected the driver because of it. We still
read bitstream via vb2_plane_vaddr (dma_contig gives a
kernel virtual address just like vmalloc did).
- dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(DMA_BIT_MASK(32)) in probe.
- queue_setup populates alloc_devs[plane] = &pdev->dev for
both queues; allow_cache_hints=1 on both.
- daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf(cookie, plane, flags, *fd):
walks inflight list, calls vb2_core_expbuf on the CAPTURE
buffer in the caller's (daemon's) task context.
- device_run fills the new REQ_DECODE capture fields from
ctx->dst_fmt and maps ctx->src_fmt.pixelformat to
DAEDALUS_CODEC_VP9 / _AV1 / _H264 (was hard-wired to VP9).
- daedalus_complete_resp_frame handles both the 8.5 inline
path (kept for debugging) and the 8.6 dmabuf path (pixels
already in CAPTURE buffer, just set payload from metadata).
- enum_fmt advertises all 3 OUTPUT formats (VP9F, AV1F, S264).
- try_fmt preserves userspace colorspace fields instead of
overwriting with REC709 defaults (fixes 8.5 compliance fail).
- s_fmt propagates OUTPUT colorspace → CAPTURE (stateless
decoder round-trip test at v4l2-test-formats.cpp:958).
- 12 V4L2 stateless controls registered per open (VP9_FRAME,
VP9_COMPRESSED_HDR, H264_SPS/PPS/SCALING/PRED_WEIGHTS/
SLICE_PARAMS/DECODE_PARAMS, AV1_FRAME/SEQUENCE/
TILE_GROUP_ENTRY/FILM_GRAIN). Daemon ignores values (FFmpeg
re-parses); registration is what makes libva-v4l2-request
see us.
Kernel chardev (kernel/daedalus_v4l2_chardev.c):
- New unlocked_ioctl dispatching DAEDALUS_IOC_GET_DMABUF to
daedalus_export_capture_dmabuf.
- debugfs test_decode cookies unified with the m2m cookie
allocator via shared daedalus_next_cookie() — kills the
Phase 8.5 namespace collision.
Daemon (daemon/src/...):
- New dmabuf_capture.{c,h}: GET_DMABUF + mmap each plane on
REQ_DECODE; munmap + close on completion. O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC
is essential — vb2_core_expbuf extracts O_ACCMODE from flags
and exports read-only by default (caught on first run; mmap
-EACCES on PROT_WRITE).
- decoder.{c,h}: lazily opens AV1 + H.264 AVCodecContexts in
addition to VP9 (dropped the -ENOSYS stubs). pack_nv12_to_planes
writes Y line-by-line into planes[0] with planes[0].stride;
interleaves Cb/Cr into planes[1] with planes[1].stride.
- chardev_client.c handle_req_decode: opens dmabuf planes,
runs decode (pixels land in CAPTURE buffer directly), closes
planes, sends metadata-only RESP_FRAME. No wire-pixel
allocation.
Test harness (tools/test_m2m_decode.c):
- Optional 5th arg `codec` (vp9 | av1 | h264). Same client
drives all three codecs.
Verification on hertz (Pi 5, 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712):
Bit-exact end-to-end vs `ffmpeg -pix_fmt nv12`:
VP9 1920x1080 3,110,400 bytes MATCH
AV1 128x96 18,432 bytes MATCH
H.264 128x96 18,432 bytes MATCH
VP9 1080p went through the full dmabuf path with no chardev
payload bloat — the same chardev that capped at 64 KiB in 8.5
now ferries metadata only and lets the daemon mmap+write a
3.1 MB frame directly into the V4L2 client's buffer.
v4l2-compliance:
Phase 8.1: 44/48
Phase 8.5: 44/48 (different fails after m2m landed)
Phase 8.6: 47/48
Only remaining: VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD (needs media
controller — explicitly Phase 8.7 work).
11 standard compound controls visible:
vp9_frame_decode_parameters, vp9_probabilities_updates,
h264_sequence_parameter_set, h264_picture_parameter_set,
h264_scaling_matrix, h264_prediction_weight_table,
h264_slice_parameters, h264_decode_parameters,
av1_sequence_parameters, av1_frame_parameters,
av1_film_grain (av1_tile_group_entry refused by hdl->error
on this kernel — skipped silently).
Clean SIGTERM + rmmod, no oops/WARN.
Roadmap update (docs/roadmap.md):
- Phase 8.6 marked closed with the closure-doc reference.
- Phase 8.7 reshaped to (1) media controller, (2) perf +
daedalus_dispatch_* substitution, (3) HDR/10-bit, (4)
long-form multi-frame streaming.
Per correctness-before-speed:
- Real V4L2 dmabuf via vb2_core_expbuf (not a sideband
fd-passing hack).
- O_RDWR access mode threaded through correctly.
- Strict pixel-byte comparison against ffmpeg, not "looks
right" eyeballing.
- Each compliance edge documented with the underlying test
source-line + the fix.
- All resource paths cleaned (munmap + close per plane on
every exit, including error paths).
Phase 8.7 next: media controller binding (closes last
compliance fail), per-frame profiling, QPU dispatch
substitution targeting 30fps@1080p from
30fps-floor-is-fine memory.
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).