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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2009-09-13 22:16:04 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2009-09-18 23:47:55 -0300 |
commit | 8e080c2e6cadada82a6b520e0c23a1cb974822d5 (patch) | |
tree | 991450ff1abba98e5313906478c33816a202ccab /Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml | |
parent | f4e96deb4513d044653027d4921fd7592195503a (diff) |
V4L/DVB (12761): DocBook: add media API specs
The V4L and DVB API's are there for a long time. however, up to now,
no efforts were done to merge them to kernel DocBook.
This patch adds the current versions of the specs as an unique compendium.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml | 106 |
1 files changed, 106 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e42bff1f2c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +<refentry id="vidioc-streamon"> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_STREAMON, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</refentrytitle> + &manvol; + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VIDIOC_STREAMON</refname> + <refname>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</refname> + <refpurpose>Start or stop streaming I/O</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>const int *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Arguments</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>&fd;</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>request</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>VIDIOC_STREAMON, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para></para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>The <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> and +<constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> ioctl start and stop the capture +or output process during streaming (<link linkend="mmap">memory +mapping</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>) I/O.</para> + + <para>Specifically the capture hardware is disabled and no input +buffers are filled (if there are any empty buffers in the incoming +queue) until <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> has been called. +Accordingly the output hardware is disabled, no video signal is +produced until <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> has been called. +The ioctl will succeed only when at least one output buffer is in the +incoming queue.</para> + + <para>The <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> ioctl, apart of +aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, unlocks any user pointer +buffers locked in physical memory, and it removes all buffers from the +incoming and outgoing queues. That means all images captured but not +dequeued yet will be lost, likewise all images enqueued for output but +not transmitted yet. I/O returns to the same state as after calling +&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted accordingly.</para> + + <para>Both ioctls take a pointer to an integer, the desired buffer or +stream type. This is the same as &v4l2-requestbuffers; +<structfield>type</structfield>.</para> + + <para>Note applications can be preempted for unknown periods right +before or after the <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> or +<constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> calls, there is no notion of +starting or stopping "now". Buffer timestamps can be used to +synchronize with other events.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + &return-value; + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>Streaming I/O is not supported, the buffer +<structfield>type</structfield> is not supported, or no buffers have +been allocated (memory mapping) or enqueued (output) yet.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: +--> |