[PATCH v5 00/10] Add strobe/flash duration v4l2 ctrl & use it for ov9282

From: Richard Leitner
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 03:32:38 EST


This series adds a new v4l2 controls named "strobe duration" with id
V4L2_CID_FLASH_DURATION. This control enables setting a desired
flash/strobe length/duration in µs.

As a first user of this new control add basic flash/strobe support for
ov9282 sensors using their "hardware strobe output". The duration
calculation is only interpolated from various measurements, as no
documentation was found.

Further flash/strobe-related controls as well as a migration to v4l2-cci
helpers for ov9282 will likely be implemented in future series.

All register addresses/values are based on the OV9281 datasheet v1.53
(january 2019). This series was tested using an ov9281 VisionComponents
camera module.

Signed-off-by: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v5:
- Improve try_ctrl for flash_duration by using DIV_ROUND_UP() and abs() (thanks Sakari)
- Drop "leds: flash: Add support for flash/strobe duration" as this was applied upstream
- Add "media: i2c: ov9282: dynamic flash_duration maximum" (thanks Sakari)
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250507-ov9282-flash-strobe-v4-0-72b299c1b7c9@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v4:
- Fix FLASH_DURATION implementation in v4l2-flash-led-class.c by adding a
missing brace and enum entry (thanks Sakari)
- Fix format of multiline comment in ov9282.c (thanks Sakari)
- Add missing NULL check in ov9282.c (thanks Sakari)
- Adapt nr_of_controls_hint for v4l2 handler in ov9282.c (thanks Sakari)
- Add patch for implementing try_ctrl for strobe_duration (thanks Sakari)
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429-ov9282-flash-strobe-v3-0-2105ce179952@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- create separate patch for leds driver changes (thanks Lee)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314-ov9282-flash-strobe-v2-0-14d7a281342d@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- remove not needed controls in struct ov9282 (thanks Dave)
- Fix commit message of 3/3 regarding framerate get/set (thanks Dave)
- Add V4L2_CID_FLASH_STROBE_SOURCE impementation to ov9282
- Add new V4L2_CID_FLASH_DURATION control (as suggested by Laurent)
- Use FLASH_DURATION instead of FLASH_TIMEOUT for ov9282
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303-ov9282-flash-strobe-v1-0-0fd57a1564ba@xxxxxxxxx

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Richard Leitner (10):
media: v4l: ctrls: add a control for flash/strobe duration
media: v4l2-flash: add support for flash/strobe duration
media: v4l2-flash: fix flash_timeout comment
Documentation: uAPI: media: add V4L2_CID_FLASH_DURATION
media: i2c: ov9282: add output enable register definitions
media: i2c: ov9282: add led_mode v4l2 control
media: i2c: ov9282: add strobe_duration v4l2 control
media: i2c: ov9282: add strobe_source v4l2 control
media: i2c: ov9282: implement try_ctrl for strobe_duration
media: i2c: ov9282: dynamic flash_duration maximum

.../userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-flash.rst | 5 +
drivers/media/i2c/ov9282.c | 172 ++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c | 1 +
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-flash-led-class.c | 25 +++
include/linux/led-class-flash.h | 2 +-
include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 1 +
6 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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base-commit: d9946fe286439c2aeaa7953b8c316efe5b83d515
change-id: 20250303-ov9282-flash-strobe-ac6bd00c9de6

Best regards,
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Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>