CSI test pattern generator (tpg) crash

[shawn_huang]

I want to use TPG, i.e., follow these steps:

1. install TPG
   sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg.ko

2. check /dev/videox
   ls /dev/video*
   Result: create /dev/video0 ~ /dev/video35

3. capture data by v4l2-ctl
   v4l2-ctl --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=“RG10” --device=/dev/video1 --stream-count=10 --stream-mmap --stream-to=tpg .raw
   Result: Kernel crashes, hangs for ~30 seconds, then reboots the system and the raw file does not exist.

I don’t know how this error happened?
Can you tell me the solution?
Thanks!

[JerryChang]

hello shawn_huang,

could you please share the details kernel failures for reference,
BTW, may I know which JetPack release you’re working with, what’s the actual use-case for testing with TPG?

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

JetPack release :
cat /etc/nv_tegra_release

R35 (release), REVISION: 1.0, GCID: 31346300, BOARD: t186ref, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Thu Aug 25 18:41:45 UTC 2022

v4l2-ctl message:
Because system crash not print any message, there use --verbose print some message.

v4l2-ctl --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=RG10 --device=/dev/video1 --stream-count=10 --stream-mmap --stream-to=tpg.raw --verbose
VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: ok
VIDIOC_G_FMT: ok
VIDIOC_S_FMT: ok
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height : 1920/1080
Pixel Format : ‘RG10’ (10-bit Bayer RGRG/GBGB)
Field : None
Bytes per Line : 3840
Size Image : 4147200
Colorspace : sRGB
Transfer Function : Default (maps to sRGB)
YCbCr/HSV Encoding: Default (maps to ITU-R 601)
Quantization : Default (maps to Full Range)
Flags :
VIDIOC_REQBUFS returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QUERYBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QUERYBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QUERYBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QUERYBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QBUF returned 0 (Success)
VIDIOC_QBUF returned 0 (Success)

what’s the actual use-case for testing with TPG?
Testing the TPG when the all camera driver removed, only install the TPG driver.

[JerryChang]

there’re different TPG kernel modules,
please load nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko since you’re running with AGX Orin,
for example,
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko

and… it’s by default to create 36 channels.
please revise num-tpg-channels = <1> in sensor device tree, tegra234-p3737-camera-modules.dtsi to reduce the channels in case accessing to the correct node.

please have another testing, thanks

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

I want to load nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko, but can’t insert module
sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko: No such device

[JerryChang]

may I know what’s $ sudo find / -name nvhost-vi-tpg*.ko looks like?

[shawn_huang]

sudo find / -name nvhost-vi-tpg*.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg.ko

cd /lib
sudo find ./ -name nvhost-vi-tpg*.ko
./modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko
./modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg.ko

[JerryChang]

hello shawn_huang,

it’s weird you cannot insert the module, had you reboot the system for retry?
let me also arrange device to test this locally.

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

reboot the system & retry insmod same cannot insert

[JerryChang]

hello shawn_huang,

please moving to the latest Jetpack release version,
we’ve verified TPG works normally on AGX-Orin + r35.3.1.
$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/media/platform/tegra/tpg/nvhost-vi-tpg-t19x.ko
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video28 --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=RG10 --set-ctrl bypass_mode=0 --stream-mmap --stream-count=10

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

I rebuild image for Jetpack R35.3.1,
then agx orin boot failed.

Using same flow in Jetpack R35.1 can success, but not in Jetpack R35.3.1.
Can you tell me the solution?
Thanks!

[JerryChang]

may I know how you rebuild the image? it looks the failure during installation.

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

Rebuild image flow
rebuild flow.txt (3.2 KB)

[JerryChang]

hello shawn_huang,

do you see any error reported with below step?
5. cd /mnt/work_disk/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_5.1.1_Linux_JETSON_AGX_ORIN_TARGETS/Linux_for_Tegra/
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh

BTW,
we’ve tested with JetPack 5.1.1 directly to verify TPG.

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

The step of apply_binaries not any error reported, and log file to you.
apply_binaries log.txt (11.8 KB)

[shawn_huang]

Hi JerryChang:

I success boot and verify TPG works on AGX-Orin + r35.3.

Thank your solution.