Texas Instruments Codec Engine Server инструкция обслуживания

Codec Engine Serv er Integrator User's Guide Literature Number: SPRUED5B September 2 007[...]

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iii This is a draft version printed from file: pref.fm on 9/25/07 Preface About This Book The inten ded audience fo r this doc ument is the Server Integ rator , wh o creates a Codec Serv er for use by th e Engi ne Integrato r and thus th e Applic ation Auth or . This manua l tell s what steps the Server Inte grator s hould take to configur e DSP/B [...]

iv Not ational C onvent ions Notational Con ventions This doc ument uses the foll owing con ventions: ❏ Progra m listings , program e xampl es, and in teractive display s are shown in a special typeface . Ex ample s use a bold version of the special typeface for emphasis; in terac tive displ ays use a bold version of the s pecial type face to dis[...]

v This is a draft version printed from file: ce_serv_integTOC.fm on 9/25/07 Content s 1 Codec Engine Overvi ew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 -1 This cha pter intr oduce s the Code c Engine . 1.1 What is the Codec Eng ine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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1-1 Chap ter 1 Codec Engine Overview This cha pter introd uces the Codec E ngine . 1.1 What is the Codec Engi ne? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 2 1.2 Why Should I Use It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 3 1.3 Where Does th e Codec Engine Fit into My Arc hitect[...]

What is the Code c Engi ne? 1-2 1.1 What is the Codec Engine ? From th e applic ation dev eloper ’s p erspect ive, the Codec Eng ine is a set of APIs that you use to instantia te and run x DAIS a lgorithms . A VI SA interfac e is prov ided a s well fo r interac ting wi th xDM-co mplian t xDAIS algorit hms. The API is the same for all of the foll [...]

Why Should I Use It? Codec Engine O verview 1-3 1.2 Why Should I Use It? The Code c Eng ine is des igned to s olve s ome comm on probl ems associ ated with developi ng system -on-a-c hip (SoC) app lica tions. The most si gnifican t problem s incl ude: ❏ Debugging in a h eterogen eous p rocessor environm ent ca n be painful. Th ere are mul tiple d[...]

Where D oes the Co dec Eng ine Fit in to My Arch itecture? 1-4 1.3 Where Does the Codec Engine Fit into My Architecture? The appli ca tio n code (or the m idd le ware it use s) cal ls the Code c Engin e APIs. W ithin the Co dec En gine, th e VISA APIs us e stub s and s keletons to acces s the core e ngine an d the actual c odecs , which may be loca[...]

Where Do es the C odec Engi ne Fit into My Arc hitecture ? Codec Engine O verview 1-5 The follow ing figure is a modificatio n of the previo us diagram that shows how this arc hitecture is dis tributed in a GPP+DSP sys tem. In this example , yellow portion s run on the GPP , and grey por tions run on the DSP . This is, the vid eo encoder skele ton [...]

What Are th e User Ro les? 1-6 1.4 Wha t Are t h e User Rol es? The Co dec E ngi ne ha s seve ral cu stom er us e ca ses, fr om GPP-side applica tion dev elopers to DSP-sid e codec authors . Is some cases, th ese roles m ay be pl ayed by a sing le perso n. In other deve lopment environme nts, a different develope r may be assigne d each ro le. This[...]

What Are th e User Rol es? Codec Engine O verview 1-7 1.4.2 Server Integrat or T o supp ort Engi nes with remo te co decs, a Codec Server m ust b e created . The Codec Server in tegrat es the vario us compon ents necessar y to house the codec s (e.g. DSP/B IOS, Fram ework Compon ents, link dr ivers, codecs , Codec Engin e, etc. ) and g enerates an [...]

What Are th e User Ro les? 1-8 1.4.3 Engine Integrat or The Engi ne Integrato r defines various Eng ine config urations . This ca n include the nam es of the E ngines, a s well as the codec s and the ir names within each E ngine, whether each co dec is local o r remo te relati ve to th e applica tion, which gr oups each codec should be i ntegrated [...]

Wher e Ca n I Ge t M ore Info rma tion? Codec Engine O verview 1-9 ❏ V a rious Codec packages fro m Algorith m Creators ❏ A Codec Ser ver DSP exec utable fr om the S erve r In tegrato r if co dec will run on a DSP ❏ An Engi ne config file (.cfg) from the En gine Integ rator The Ap plicatio n Auth or write ap plic ation co de, gen erates outpu[...]

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2-1 Chap ter 2 Configuring a Codec Server This cha pter des cribes h ow the Server In tegrator should configur e a Code c Ser ver for us e by the En gine Int egr ator . 2.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 2.2 Creating a Codec Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Overvi ew 2-2 2.1 Ove rvie w As desc ribed i n Secti on 1.4.2 , Server In tegrator , the Server Integ rator provid es a Cod ec Serve r to th e Engine Integra tor . In pr actice, these rol es may be s hared by one pe rson. There ar e two co nfigurat ion steps tha t the Se rver Integ rator pe rforms: ❏ Configur e DSP/BIO S throug h a T con f script[...]

Overview Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-3 2.1.1 What is a Codec Server? A C odec Ser ver is a b inary th at integr ates code cs, fram ework componen ts , and sy stem code. When the Codec Serve r is on a DSP , it uses DSP/BIO S as the DSP kernel . In the cont ext of t he DaVinci DM644x platforms ( and other GPP+DSP platform s), a Codec Ser ver is [...]

Overvi ew 2-4 ■ A messa ge queue is created to allow th e remote no de to recei ve commands from the GPP . ■ The node -speci fic "c reate" fu nction ( for exam ple, AUDENC_ create() ) is called to in itial ize the node state an d algorit hm-specif ic memory and resource s. (Note that th is call is made from within th e dispatcher e xe[...]

Overview Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-5 ■ Any alg orith m scratch memor y is the n "deacti vated". ■ The skele ton writeb acks ou tput buffers to en sure that CPU wri tes to the cac he are flus hed to external me mory . ■ The node 's thread then replies with the s t atus bac k to the GPP and then bl ocks waiti ng for th e n[...]

Overvi ew 2-6 2.1.4 What Algorit hms Can a Codec Server Integra te? Y ou can use any algorit hm that is xDM-co mplian t in a Code c Serv er . In additi on, if you want to use a xDA IS-com pliant algor ithm that is no t xDM-co mplia nt, you c an firs t implem ent yo ur own s tubs and skeleton s for that algor ithm, and then us e that algo rithm in a[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-7 2.2 Creat ing a Codec S erver T o crea t e a Co de c S er ve r , you p er f orm t he f o ll ow i ng co n f ig ur at i on st e p s: ❏ Configur e DSP/BIO S throug h a T con f script ❏ Config ure "the rest" o f the compo nents throu gh XDC configu ratio n (for exampl e, Framew[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver 2-8 3) Ed it the exa mples/xdcpaths.m ak file wi th a text ed itor to spec ify the CE_INST ALL_DIR, X DC_ROOT , and BIOS _ROOT vari ables. Again, see exa mples/bu ild_instr uctions .html fo r details. 4) Ma ke a duplica te of one of the Codec Server exam ples in the example s/server s directo ry . Each of these directo ri[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-9 T o see documentation for the att ributes o f the Serve r module, fo llow thes e ste ps: 1) Open CE_INS T ALL _DIR/xdoc/ index. html to s ee the Conf iguratio n Referenc e. Dependin g on yo ur browser , you may ne ed to en able active content to view th e list of nod es on the left. 2) C[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver 2-10 For exampl e, these stateme nts from the vid eo_copy .cfg fi le have been modi fied (bol d text) to refere nce the spee ch enc oder/de coder . /* get various codec modules ; i.e. codec implementati ons */ var SPH DEC_ COPY = xdc .useM odule( 'code cs. sph dec_copy. SPH DEC_COPY' ); var SPH ENC_ COPY = xdc .[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-1 1 2.2.3.1 Controlling I/O Buff er Caching for xDM 0.9 Codecs The DSP ser ver's supp ort—the "s keleton s"—for r emote exec ution of codecs written for xDM 0.9 always manage s the cache fo r all codec I/O buffers exchan ged with the ARM ap plicati on. This can be a p er[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver 2-12 2.2.3.2 Specifying "Scratch G roup" an d DMA Res ources fo r a Codec When yo u put together s everal co decs into a si ngle DSP ser ver , you may need to make them share m emory a nd DMA resour ces. T wo co decs can share what is called a "scratc h" me mory . This i s a working memory ar ea, typic[...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-13 How you defi ne the grou pId field can affect pe rformance or whether a codec ca n be created at all. For detailed informati on on share d scratch memory , see the Fram ework Compon ents documenta tion. Y ou may save some ti me by read ing th e com mentary for the s erver configu ratio [...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver 2-14 Engine.algs[].groupId For ea ch loca l algorith m, if the o ptional groupI d field is uninitializ ed, the algorit hm is confi gured into its own, uniqu e groupId. T his is be cause we don't know w hat prior ity the a lgorithm wil l run at, so we plac e it into a unique gr oup to pr event preem ption b y any oth [...]

Crea ting a Code c Se rver Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-15 2.2.4.1 DSP/BIOS Thr eads and Module Use Each “ remote” algor ithm instance that runs on the DSP exe cutes in a DSP/BIO S thread whos e priority is specifie d by a static configu ration parameter ( see ti.sdo .ce.Se rver). The sta ck size of the thread that r uns a “remote ” alg[...]

Deliveri ng a Cod ec Server 2-16 Change the bold te xt in the f ollowi ng line t o match your ser ver nam e: var serverName = " my_server "; When you have fini shed de velopme nt, you m ay want to c hange "deb ug" in the following line to " rele ase": Pkg.attrs.profile = " release "; Do not e dit package.mak [...]

Deli veri ng a Co dec Serve r Conf igur ing a Code c Ser ver 2-17 In additi on to includ ing th e server exe cutable in the ser ver pack age, yo u must als o add the gene rated package/i nfo/* files to th e package. Thes e files c ontain infor matio n in tex t form a bout the code cs inclu ded in the server , the ser ver's memory map, an d oth[...]

Deliveri ng a Cod ec Server 2-18 DSP server s built with Configuro do not require a p ackag e to build the server itself, but y ou m ust cre ate one t o pro duce a s erver de livera ble. I n that package, you mu st inclu de both the s erver ex ecutable a nd the Config uro-gener ated "packag e/info/ *" files. While ea ch Con figuro- using [...]

Index- 1 This is a draft version printed from file: ce_serv_integIX.fm on 9/25/07 Index A algorithm 2- 6 specify ing 2- 10 Algorithm Creator 1-6, 2 -2 all.tcf f ile 2-1 4 API Referenc e 1-9 Applicat ion Auth or 1-8 arr ay 2-1 1, 2 -13, 2-14 B Back button 2-9 benef its of Code c Engin e 1-3 binary fi le 2-3 BIOS_ ROOT en viro nmen t varia ble 2 -8 b[...]

Index-2 Index L link.c md file 2-7, 2-16 linker c ommand s 2-16 Linux 1- 2 local codecs 2-5 M main.c file 2-7, 2 -16 makefi le 2-15, 2-1 6 middl ewar e 1-4 MINPRI attribute 2-9 N name o f serv er 2 - 16 O online hel p 1-9 P pac kage creating 2-7 dire ctory path 2- 8 making a cop y 2-8 naming 2-8 pac k a ge di rect ory 2- 16 packag e.b ld file 2-7, [...]