The allegro-vcu interface enables access to the Allegro Video Core Unit, using a kernel module which directly controls hardware on the device.
This interface is intended primarily to be used with Ubuntu Core.
Interface documentation:
See Interface management and Supported interfaces for further details on how interfaces are used.
Developer details
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Xilinx offers IP for their devices to decode/encode video streams, by using /dev/allegroDecodeIP and /dev/allegroIP devices.
These operations should be considered privileged since the driver assumes trusted input, therefore require manual connection.
Code examples
The test code can be found in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/allegro_vcu_test.go
The source code for the interface is in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/allegro_vcu.go
Last updated 3 years ago.