libcamera: raspberrypi: Document vc_sm_cma pointer sharing with IPA

Sharing a pointer with the IPA is fragile as it will not work with all
IPC mechanisms. Document that it's a temporary workaround that should be
reworked.

Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
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Niklas Söderlund
2020-06-29 18:29:56 +02:00
parent 8dbd0049e0
commit 8e137b0819
@@ -1014,6 +1014,11 @@ int PipelineHandlerRPi::configureIPA(Camera *camera)
/*
* The vcsm allocation will always be in the memory region
* < 32-bits to allow Videocore to access the memory.
*
* \todo Sending a pointer to the IPA is a workaround for
* vc_sm_cma not yet supporting dmabuf. This will not work with
* IPA module isolation and should be reworked when vc_sma_cma
* will permit.
*/
IPAOperationData op;
op.operation = RPI_IPA_EVENT_LS_TABLE_ALLOCATION;