media: allegro: add encoder buffer support
The encoder buffer serves as a cache for reference frames during the encoding process. The encoder buffer significantly reduces the bandwidth requirement for read accesses on the AXI ports of the VCU, but slightly reduces the quality of the encoded video. The encoder buffer must be configured as a whole during the firmware initialization and later explicitly enabled for every channel that shall use the encoder buffer. Prior to firmware version 2019.2, it was necessary to explicitly set the size of the encoder buffer for every channel. Since 2019.2 it is sufficient to enable the encoder buffer and leave the rest to the firmware. Therefore, only support the encoder buffer for firmware 2019.2 and later. Signed-off-by: Michael Tretter <m.tretter@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
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