[Libva] using libva video compression on system with no monitor

Tue Aug 14 13:00:46 PDT 2012

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:20 AM,  <rlandle at gdrs.com> wrote:
> I have tried compiling both intel-driver-1.0.17 and intel-driver-1.0.18 against the staging version of libva and I get the following errors:
>
> gen6_mfc.c: In function 'gen6_mfc_avc_pipeline_programing':
> gen6_mfc.c:763:5: error: unknown type name 'VAEncSequenceParameterBufferH264'
> gen6_mfc.c:763:61: error: 'VAEncSequenceParameterBufferH264' undeclared (first use in this function)
> gen6_mfc.c:763:61: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> gen6_mfc.c:763:95: error: expected expression before ')' token
> gen6_mfc.c:782:40: error: request for member 'initial_qp' in something not a structure or union
> gen6_mfc.c: In function 'gen6_mfc_avc_prepare':
> gen6_mfc.c:848:5: error: unknown type name 'VAEncPictureParameterBufferH264'
> gen6_mfc.c:848:55: error: 'VAEncPictureParameterBufferH264' undeclared (first use in this function)
> gen6_mfc.c:848:88: error: expected expression before ')' token
> gen6_mfc.c:852:98: error: request for member 'reconstructed_picture' in something not a structure or union
> gen6_mfc.c:863:98: error: request for member 'reference_picture' in something not a structure or union
> gen6_mfc.c:875:95: error: request for member 'coded_buf' in something not a structure or union
>
> I will try the staging version of intel-driver next.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob L.

These structures are defined in va/va_enc_h264.h so I guess somehow
they are not being included in gen6_mfc.c etc.

I am experiencing a different issue while compiling libva_staging
(gunzipped from tar.gz)

make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging'
Making all in va
make[2]: Entering directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging/va'
Making all in x11
make[3]: Entering directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging/va/x11'
  CC     dri1_util.lo
mv: cannot stat `.deps/dri1_util.Tpo': No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [dri1_util.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging/va/x11'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging/va'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/workspace/ratin/libva-staging'
make: *** [all] Error 2

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: libva-bounces+rlandle=gdrs.com at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:libva-bounces+rlandle=gdrs.com at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of rlandle at gdrs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:48 AM
> To: libva at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Libva] using libva video compression on system with no monitor
>
> I see in the avcenc example there is a call to the va_init_display_args() function to force the name of the display to be drm
>
> This function call does not appear to be in the avinfo test.
>
> If I copy this function call into vainfo.c, recompile, and run
>>> vainfo --display drm
>
> I see va_open_display_drm gets called.
>
> I still cannot compile the intel-driver-1.0.15 with this version of libva.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: libva-bounces+rlandle=gdrs.com at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:libva-bounces+rlandle=gdrs.com at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of rlandle at gdrs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:14 AM
> To: libva at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Libva] using libva video compression on system with no monitor
>
> Haihao,
> I git-cloned the staging branch and can see the addition of the ./test/common/va_display_drm.c
>
> It is clear to me that va_open_display_drm() will get called when DRM is an available display.
> But am I supposed to configure libva with --enable-x11 off, so that this function is the only option?
>
> The va_open_display_x11 function still gets called when I configure with the defaults (x11 on).  This gives me an error and va_open_display_drm() never gets called.
>
> Also if I configure libva with --enable-x11 off I have problems building the intel-driver-1.0.15.
>
> Do I need a newer intel driver library to support the raw-DRM capabilities of the libva?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xiang, Haihao [mailto:haihao.xiang at intel.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 11:11 PM
> To: Robert J. Landle
> Cc: libva at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Libva] using libva video compression on system with no monitor
>
>
> The staging branch supports raw-DRM. With it, an user can use libva
> without an X server.
>
> Thanks
> Haihao
>
>
>
>> I was wondering if it was possible to use libva for gpu video
>> compression/acceleration on intel HD3000 on a system with no monitor?
>>
>> I have an fc-16 (linux 3.1) sytem in which I built the intel 2001Q4
>> graphic package.
>>
>> I can run vainfo successfully while I am plugged into the system with
>> keyboard/mouse/monitor.
>>
>>
>>
>> However when I ssh into the system an attempt to run vainfo I get the
>> following error:
>>
>>
>>
>> libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
>>
>> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display "localhost:10.0".
>>
>> libva: va_getDriverName() returns -1
>>
>> vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>>
>>
>>
>> It must be possible to take advantage of the intel gpu video
>> compression acceleration hardware on systems without a
>> monitor/keyboard/mouse. No?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
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