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authorArun Kumar K <arun.kk@samsung.com>2014-05-14 03:59:42 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>2014-05-23 19:50:40 -0300
commit3cbe6e5bcad0b102c06b9c6029fda75630045475 (patch)
treea71d0f73af174620f82fd1b5469fef70e9075fe7 /Documentation
parent5b340ea0caac4c123a3bb989a43c021a2dc06fb2 (diff)
[media] v4l: Add source change event
This event indicates that the video device has encountered a source parameter change during runtime. This can typically be a resolution change detected by a video decoder OR a format change detected by an input connector. This needs to be nofified to the userspace and the application may be expected to reallocate buffers before proceeding. The application can subscribe to events on a specific pad or input port which it is interested in. Signed-off-by: Arun Kumar K <arun.kk@samsung.com> Acked-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.xml33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml20
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.xml
index 89891adb928..820f86e8744 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.xml
@@ -242,6 +242,22 @@
</tgroup>
</table>
+ <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-event-src-change">
+ <title>struct <structname>v4l2_event_src_change</structname></title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ &cs-str;
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>changes</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>
+ A bitmask that tells what has changed. See <xref linkend="src-changes-flags" />.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="changes-flags">
<title>Changes</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
@@ -270,6 +286,23 @@
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="src-changes-flags">
+ <title>Source Changes</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ &cs-def;
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_SRC_CH_RESOLUTION</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0001</entry>
+ <entry>This event gets triggered when a resolution change is
+ detected at an input. This can come from an input connector or
+ from a video decoder.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&return-value;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
index 5c70b616d81..f016254377a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,26 @@
</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>5</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>This event is triggered when a source parameter change is
+ detected during runtime by the video device. It can be a
+ runtime resolution change triggered by a video decoder or the
+ format change happening on an input connector.
+ This event requires that the <structfield>id</structfield>
+ matches the input index (when used with a video device node)
+ or the pad index (when used with a subdevice node) from which
+ you want to receive events.</para>
+
+ <para>This event has a &v4l2-event-source-change; associated
+ with it. The <structfield>changes</structfield> bitfield denotes
+ what has changed for the subscribed pad. If multiple events
+ occurred before application could dequeue them, then the changes
+ will have the ORed value of all the events generated.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START</constant></entry>
<entry>0x08000000</entry>
<entry>Base event number for driver-private events.</entry>