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Got it, here : https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2723

Hi Igor, I reckon this "someone" could be me? I have build cubox kernel with the below diff on the "linux-imx6-current.config" and it apparently works. +CONFIG_MEDIA_PLATFORM_SUPPORT=y +CONFIG_V4L2_JPEG_HELPER=m +CONFIG_V4L_MEM2MEM_DRIVERS=y +CONFIG_VIDEO_CODA=m +CONFIG_VIDEO_IMX_VDOA=m 1. Kernel boots and is detecting the codec [ 29.911784] coda 2040000.vpu: Direct firmware load for vpu_fw_imx6d.bin failed with error -2 [ 29.961350] coda 2040000.vpu: Using fallback firmware vpu/vpu_fw_imx6d.bin [ 29.964619] coda 2040000.vpu: Firmware code revision: 46063 [ 29.964636] coda 2040000.vpu: Initialized CODA960. [ 29.964645] coda 2040000.vpu: Firmware version: 3.1.1 [ 29.969814] coda 2040000.vpu: encoder registered as video0 [ 29.970090] coda 2040000.vpu: decoder registered as video1 [ 29.970348] coda 2040000.vpu: encoder registered as video2 [ 29.970715] coda 2040000.vpu: decoder registered as video3 2. v4l2-ctl reports the devices as being CODA960 CODA960 (platform:coda): /dev/video0 /dev/video1 /dev/video2 /dev/video3 imx-capture (platform:ipu1_csi0): /dev/video4 imx-capture (platform:ipu1_csi1): /dev/video7 imx-capture (platform:ipu1_ic_prpenc): /dev/video5 imx-capture (platform:ipu1_ic_prpvf): /dev/video6 3. GStreamer has plugins for V4L2 video decoder, so finally lets give it a try with some h.264... gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=Big_Buck_Bunny_720_10s_30MB.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demux demux.video_0 ! queue ! h264parse ! v4l2h264dec ! kmssink The video is ok, cat /proc/interrupts shows activity on the VPU, and the CPU load is low (5%-10% on i.mx.6 SOLO!), so the video acceleration is there!. Igor, can you take it from here and integrate it or should I dare and make a PR for this?

Hello, I have recently tried a more recent kernel 5.10.x for my HummingBoard with imx6 solo. After playing with GPU/OpenGL acceleration I have noticed that there is no H.264/MJPEG Video acceleration present in the kernel. The video codec Chips&Media 960 driver module (kernel option VIDEO_CODA) is simply not build in. Why is that? Can it be enabled by default for future IMX6 builds? Thanks for your support!!