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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-07-30 14:22:44 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-07-30 14:22:44 -0300
commitc893e7c64e36087dceb4662917976a81d1754fc0 (patch)
tree30e441fe3e13fc8fcf9690bfe5222f404e19daa0 /Documentation
parentec3ed85f926f4e900bc48cec6e72abbe6475321f (diff)
parent2cefabc00ffdc1f22f960df946ae41b163081d5e (diff)
Merge branch 'patches_for_v3.6' into v4l_for_linus
* patches_for_v3.6: (174 commits) v4l: Export v4l2-common.h in include/linux/Kbuild media: Revert "[media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2" [media] media: Use pr_info not homegrown pr_reg macro [media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2 [media] v4l: Correct conflicting V4L2 subdev selection API documentation [media] Feature removal: V4L2 selections API target and flag definitions [media] v4l: Unify selection flags documentation [media] v4l: Unify selection flags [media] v4l: Common documentation for selection targets [media] v4l: Unify selection targets across V4L2 and V4L2 subdev interfaces [media] v4l: Remove "_ACTUAL" from subdev selection API target definition names [media] V4L: Remove "_ACTIVE" from the selection target name definitions [media] media: dvb-usb: print mac address via native %pM [media] s5p-tv: Use module_i2c_driver in sii9234_drv.c file [media] media: gpio-ir-recv: add allowed_protos for platform data [media] s5p-jpeg: Use module_platform_driver in jpeg-core.c file [media] saa7134: fix spelling of detach in label [media] cx88-blackbird: replace ioctl by unlocked_ioctl [media] cx88: don't use current_norm [media] cx88: fix a number of v4l2-compliance violations ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml164
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml79
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt73
18 files changed, 399 insertions, 250 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
index 7c49facecd2..1078e45f189 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ in the frequency range from 87,5 to 108,0 MHz</title>
<corpauthor>National Radio Systems Committee
(<ulink url="http://www.nrscstandards.org">http://www.nrscstandards.org</ulink>)</corpauthor>
</authorgroup>
- <title>NTSC-4: United States RBDS Standard</title>
+ <title>NRSC-4: United States RBDS Standard</title>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry id="iso12232">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
index 4101aeb5654..b91d25313b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
@@ -464,14 +464,14 @@ The <structfield>type</structfield> field of the respective
<structfield>tuner</structfield> field contains the index number of
the tuner.</para>
- <para>Radio devices have exactly one tuner with index zero, no
+ <para>Radio input devices have exactly one tuner with index zero, no
video inputs.</para>
<para>To query and change tuner properties applications use the
&VIDIOC-G-TUNER; and &VIDIOC-S-TUNER; ioctl, respectively. The
&v4l2-tuner; returned by <constant>VIDIOC_G_TUNER</constant> also
contains signal status information applicable when the tuner of the
-current video input, or a radio tuner is queried. Note that
+current video or radio input is queried. Note that
<constant>VIDIOC_S_TUNER</constant> does not switch the current tuner,
when there is more than one at all. The tuner is solely determined by
the current video input. Drivers must support both ioctls and set the
@@ -491,8 +491,17 @@ the modulator. The <structfield>type</structfield> field of the
respective &v4l2-output; returned by the &VIDIOC-ENUMOUTPUT; ioctl is
set to <constant>V4L2_OUTPUT_TYPE_MODULATOR</constant> and its
<structfield>modulator</structfield> field contains the index number
-of the modulator. This specification does not define radio output
-devices.</para>
+of the modulator.</para>
+
+ <para>Radio output devices have exactly one modulator with index
+zero, no video outputs.</para>
+
+ <para>A video or radio device cannot support both a tuner and a
+modulator. Two separate device nodes will have to be used for such
+hardware, one that supports the tuner functionality and one that supports
+the modulator functionality. The reason is a limitation with the
+&VIDIOC-S-FREQUENCY; ioctl where you cannot specify whether the frequency
+is for a tuner or a modulator.</para>
<para>To query and change modulator properties applications use
the &VIDIOC-G-MODULATOR; and &VIDIOC-S-MODULATOR; ioctl. Note that
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index ea42ef82494..97b895151bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -2377,10 +2377,11 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
<para>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE was added to signal volatile controls to userspace.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Add selection API for extended control over cropping and
-composing. Does not affect the compatibility of current drivers and
-applications. See <link linkend="selection-api"> selection API </link> for
-details.</para>
+ <para>Add selection API for extended control over cropping
+ and composing. Does not affect the compatibility of current
+ drivers and applications. See <link
+ linkend="selection-api"> selection API </link> for
+ details.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
@@ -2458,6 +2459,18 @@ details.</para>
</orderedlist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.5</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Replaced <structfield>input</structfield> in
+ <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> by
+ <structfield>reserved2</structfield> and removed
+ <constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+
<section id="other">
<title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
index 4afcbbec5ed..a3d9dd09326 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
</para>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="v4l2-subdev-selections">
<title>Selections: cropping, scaling and composition</title>
<para>Many sub-devices support cropping frames on their input or output
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@
size. Both the coordinates and sizes are expressed in pixels.</para>
<para>As for pad formats, drivers store try and active
- rectangles for the selection targets of ACTUAL type <xref
- linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-targets">.</xref></para>
+ rectangles for the selection targets <xref
+ linkend="v4l2-selections-common" />.</para>
<para>On sink pads, cropping is applied relative to the
current pad format. The pad format represents the image size as
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
<para>Scaling support is optional. When supported by a subdev,
the crop rectangle on the subdev's sink pad is scaled to the
size configured using the &VIDIOC-SUBDEV-S-SELECTION; IOCTL
- using <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_COMPOSE_ACTUAL</constant>
+ using <constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE</constant>
selection target on the same pad. If the subdev supports scaling
but not composing, the top and left values are not used and must
always be set to zero.</para>
@@ -323,32 +323,32 @@
<para>The drivers should always use the closest possible
rectangle the user requests on all selection targets, unless
specifically told otherwise.
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_GE</constant> and
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_LE</constant> flags may be
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant> and
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant> flags may be
used to round the image size either up or down. <xref
- linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-flags"></xref></para>
+ linkend="v4l2-selection-flags" /></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Types of selection targets</title>
<section>
- <title>ACTUAL targets</title>
+ <title>Actual targets</title>
- <para>ACTUAL targets reflect the actual hardware configuration
- at any point of time. There is a BOUNDS target
- corresponding to every ACTUAL.</para>
+ <para>Actual targets (without a postfix) reflect the actual
+ hardware configuration at any point of time. There is a BOUNDS
+ target corresponding to every actual target.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>BOUNDS targets</title>
- <para>BOUNDS targets is the smallest rectangle that contains
- all valid ACTUAL rectangles. It may not be possible to set the
- ACTUAL rectangle as large as the BOUNDS rectangle, however.
- This may be because e.g. a sensor's pixel array is not
- rectangular but cross-shaped or round. The maximum size may
- also be smaller than the BOUNDS rectangle.</para>
+ <para>BOUNDS targets is the smallest rectangle that contains all
+ valid actual rectangles. It may not be possible to set the actual
+ rectangle as large as the BOUNDS rectangle, however. This may be
+ because e.g. a sensor's pixel array is not rectangular but
+ cross-shaped or round. The maximum size may also be smaller than the
+ BOUNDS rectangle.</para>
</section>
</section>
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
performed by the user: the changes made will be propagated to
any subsequent stages. If this behaviour is not desired, the
user must set
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant> flag. This
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant> flag. This
flag causes no propagation of the changes are allowed in any
circumstances. This may also cause the accessed rectangle to be
adjusted by the driver, depending on the properties of the
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index fd6aca2922b..1885cc0755c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -683,14 +683,12 @@ memory, set by the application. See <xref linkend="userp" /> for details.
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
- <entry><structfield>input</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved2</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>Some video capture drivers support rapid and
-synchronous video input changes, a function useful for example in
-video surveillance applications. For this purpose applications set the
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant> flag, and this field to the
-number of a video input as in &v4l2-input; field
-<structfield>index</structfield>.</entry>
+ <entry>A place holder for future extensions and custom
+(driver defined) buffer types
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE</constant> and higher. Applications
+should set this to 0.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
@@ -923,13 +921,6 @@ Drivers set or clear this flag when the <constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant>
ioctl is called.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0200</entry>
- <entry>The <structfield>input</structfield> field is valid.
-Applications set or clear this flag before calling the
-<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0400</entry>
<entry>The buffer has been prepared for I/O and can be queued by the
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
index b299e477935..e7ed5077834 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ cropping and composing rectangles have the same size.</para>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
-For complete list of the available selection targets see table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target"/>
-
</section>
+ See <xref linkend="v4l2-selection-targets" /> for more
+ information.
+
<section>
<title>Configuration</title>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cropping/composing rectangles may have to be aligned, and both the source and
the sink may have arbitrary upper and lower size limits. Therefore, as usual,
drivers are expected to adjust the requested parameters and return the actual
values selected. An application can control the rounding behaviour using <link
-linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+linkend="v4l2-selection-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
<section>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ top/left corner at position <constant> (0,0) </constant>. The rectangle's
coordinates are expressed in pixels.</para>
<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
-the area actually sampled, is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
+the area actually sampled, is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP
</constant> target. It uses the same coordinate system as <constant>
V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS </constant>. The active cropping area must lie
completely inside the capture boundaries. The driver may further adjust the
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ height are equal to the image size set by <constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant>.
</para>
<para>The part of a buffer into which the image is inserted by the hardware is
-controlled by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.
+controlled by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target.
The rectangle's coordinates are also expressed in the same coordinate system as
the bounds rectangle. The composing rectangle must lie completely inside bounds
rectangle. The driver must adjust the composing rectangle to fit to the
bounding limits. Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according
to hardware limitations. The application can control rounding behaviour using
-<link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+<link linkend="v4l2-selection-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
<para>For capture devices the default composing rectangle is queried using
<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT </constant>. It is usually equal to the
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bounding rectangle.</para>
<para>The part of a buffer that is modified by the hardware is given by
<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED </constant>. It contains all pixels
-defined using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> plus all
+defined using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> plus all
padding data modified by hardware during insertion process. All pixels outside
this rectangle <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be changed by the hardware. The
content of pixels that lie inside the padded area but outside active area is
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ specified using <constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant> ioctl.</para>
<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
the area from which image date are processed by the hardware, is given by the
-<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant>. Its coordinates are expressed
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP </constant>. Its coordinates are expressed
in in the same coordinate system as the bounds rectangle. The active cropping
area must lie completely inside the crop boundaries and the driver may further
adjust the requested size and/or position according to hardware
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ bounding rectangle.</para>
<para>The part of a video signal or graphics display where the image is
inserted by the hardware is controlled by <constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target. The rectangle's coordinates
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target. The rectangle's coordinates
are expressed in pixels. The composing rectangle must lie completely inside the
bounds rectangle. The driver must adjust the area to fit to the bounding
limits. Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according to
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ such a padded area is driver-dependent feature not covered by this document.
Driver developers are encouraged to keep padded rectangle equal to active one.
The padded target is accessed by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED
</constant> identifier. It must contain all pixels from the <constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target.</para>
</section>
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
<title>Scaling control</title>
<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width
-and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
-</constant> and <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> targets. If
+and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP
+</constant> and <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> targets. If
these are not equal then the scaling is applied. The application can compute
the scaling ratios using these values.</para>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ area)</para>
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
exit(-1);
- sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE;
+ sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP;
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
exit(-1);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ area)</para>
r.left = sel.r.width / 4;
r.top = sel.r.height / 4;
sel.r = r;
- sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE;
+ sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE;
sel.flags = V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE;
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> for other devices</para>
&v4l2-selection; compose = {
.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
- .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE,
+ .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE,
};
&v4l2-selection; crop = {
.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
- .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE,
+ .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP,
};
double hscale, vscale;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7502f784b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+<section id="v4l2-selections-common">
+
+ <title>Common selection definitions</title>
+
+ <para>While the <link linkend="selection-api">V4L2 selection
+ API</link> and <link linkend="v4l2-subdev-selections">V4L2 subdev
+ selection APIs</link> are very similar, there's one fundamental
+ difference between the two. On sub-device API, the selection
+ rectangle refers to the media bus format, and is bound to a
+ sub-device's pad. On the V4L2 interface the selection rectangles
+ refer to the in-memory pixel format.</para>
+
+ <para>This section defines the common definitions of the
+ selection interfaces on the two APIs.</para>
+
+ <section id="v4l2-selection-targets">
+
+ <title>Selection targets</title>
+
+ <para>The precise meaning of the selection targets may be
+ dependent on which of the two interfaces they are used.</para>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-selection-targets-table">
+ <title>Selection target definitions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="5">
+ <colspec colname="c1" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" />
+ <colspec colname="c3" />
+ <colspec colname="c4" />
+ <colspec colname="c5" />
+ &cs-def;
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry align="left">Target name</entry>
+ <entry align="left">id</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Definition</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2 subdev</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0000</entry>
+ <entry>Crop rectangle. Defines the cropped area.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0001</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0002</entry>
+ <entry>Bounds of the crop rectangle. All valid crop
+ rectangles fit inside the crop bounds rectangle.
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0100</entry>
+ <entry>Compose rectangle. Used to configure scaling
+ and composition.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0101</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested composition rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0102</entry>
+ <entry>Bounds of the compose rectangle. All valid compose
+ rectangles fit inside the compose bounds rectangle.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0103</entry>
+ <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or
+ modified by hardware.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="v4l2-selection-flags">
+
+ <title>Selection flags</title>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-selection-flags-table">
+ <title>Selection flag definitions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="5">
+ <colspec colname="c1" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" />
+ <colspec colname="c3" />
+ <colspec colname="c4" />
+ <colspec colname="c5" />
+ &cs-def;
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry align="left">Flag name</entry>
+ <entry align="left">id</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Definition</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2 subdev</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 0)</entry>
+ <entry>Suggest the driver it should choose greater or
+ equal rectangle (in size) than was requested. Albeit the
+ driver may choose a lesser size, it will only do so due to
+ hardware limitations. Without this flag (and
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant>) the
+ behaviour is to choose the closest possible
+ rectangle.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 1)</entry>
+ <entry>Suggest the driver it
+ should choose lesser or equal rectangle (in size) than was
+ requested. Albeit the driver may choose a greater size, it
+ will only do so due to hardware limitations.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 2)</entry>
+ <entry>The configuration must not be propagated to any
+ further processing steps. If this flag is not given, the
+ configuration is propagated inside the subdevice to all
+ further processing steps.</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </section>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 008c2d73a48..36bafc48e03 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -589,6 +589,11 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
&sub-write;
</appendix>
+ <appendix>
+ <title>Common definitions for V4L2 and V4L2 subdev interfaces</title>
+ &sub-selections-common;
+ </appendix>
+
<appendix id="videodev">
<title>Video For Linux Two Header File</title>
&sub-videodev2-h;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
index a2474ecb574..5e73b1c8d09 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ information.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
- <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+ <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted. If count == 0, then
+ <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> will set <structfield>index</structfield>
+ to the current number of created buffers, and it will check the validity of
+ <structfield>memory</structfield> and <structfield>format.type</structfield>.
+ If those are invalid -1 is returned and errno is set to &EINVAL;,
+ otherwise <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> returns 0. It will
+ never set errno to &EBUSY; in this particular case.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
index 69c178a4d20..40e58a42eb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ bounds or the value in the <structfield>type</structfield> field is
wrong.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A hardware seek is in progress.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
index bb04eff75f4..f76d8a6d9b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ Do not use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> field
-to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP </constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-selections-common" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
targets. The <structfield>flags</structfield> and <structfield>reserved
</structfield> fields of &v4l2-selection; are ignored and they must be filled
with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> to
-<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant> (<constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP</constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-selections-common" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
targets. The &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle need to be
set to the desired active area. Field &v4l2-selection; <structfield> reserved
</structfield> is ignored and must be filled with zeros. The driver may adjust
@@ -154,74 +154,8 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-target">
- <title>Selection targets.</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- &cs-def;
- <tbody valign="top">
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0000</entry>
- <entry>The area that is currently cropped by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0001</entry>
- <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0002</entry>
- <entry>Limits for the cropping rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0100</entry>
- <entry>The area to which data is composed by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0101</entry>
- <entry>Suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0102</entry>
- <entry>Limits for the composing rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0103</entry>
- <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-flags">
- <title>Selection constraint flags</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- &cs-def;
- <tbody valign="top">
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x00000001</entry>
- <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must contain the original
- &v4l2-selection; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x00000002</entry>
- <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must be inside the original
- &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </refsect1>
+ <para>Selection targets and flags are documented in <xref
+ linkend="v4l2-selections-common"/>.</para>
<section>
<figure id="sel-const-adjust">
@@ -252,14 +186,14 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping
+ <entry>Used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-selections-common"> cropping
and composing rectangles</link>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
<entry>Flags controlling the selection rectangle adjustments, refer to
- <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link>.</entry>
+ <link linkend="v4l2-selection-flags">selection flags</link>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
index 62a1aa200a3..95d5371c170 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
@@ -276,6 +276,18 @@ can or must be switched. (B/G PAL tuners for example are typically not
<constant>V4L2_TUNER_ANALOG_TV</constant> tuners can have this capability.</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_HWSEEK_BOUNDED</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0004</entry>
+ <entry>If set, then this tuner supports the hardware seek functionality
+ where the seek stops when it reaches the end of the frequency range.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_HWSEEK_WRAP</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0008</entry>
+ <entry>If set, then this tuner supports the hardware seek functionality
+ where the seek wraps around when it reaches the end of the frequency range.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_STEREO</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0010</entry>
<entry>Stereo audio reception is supported.</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml
index 9caa49af580..77ff5be0809 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml
@@ -71,12 +71,9 @@ initialize the <structfield>bytesused</structfield>,
<structfield>field</structfield> and
<structfield>timestamp</structfield> fields, see <xref
linkend="buffer" /> for details.
-Applications must also set <structfield>flags</structfield> to 0. If a driver
-supports capturing from specific video inputs and you want to specify a video
-input, then <structfield>flags</structfield> should be set to
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant> and the field
-<structfield>input</structfield> must be initialized to the desired input.
-The <structfield>reserved</structfield> field must be set to 0. When using
+Applications must also set <structfield>flags</structfield> to 0.
+The <structfield>reserved2</structfield> and
+<structfield>reserved</structfield> fields must be set to 0. When using
the <link linkend="planar-apis">multi-planar API</link>, the
<structfield>m.planes</structfield> field must contain a userspace pointer
to a filled-in array of &v4l2-plane; and the <structfield>length</structfield>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
index 407dfceb71f..f4db44d0d95 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ To do this applications initialize the <structfield>tuner</structfield>,
call the <constant>VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK</constant> ioctl with a pointer
to this structure.</para>
+ <para>If an error is returned, then the original frequency will
+ be restored.</para>
+
<para>This ioctl is supported if the <constant>V4L2_CAP_HW_FREQ_SEEK</constant> capability is set.</para>
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-hw-freq-seek">
@@ -87,7 +90,10 @@ field and the &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>index</structfield> field.</entry>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>wrap_around</structfield></entry>
- <entry>If non-zero, wrap around when at the end of the frequency range, else stop seeking.</entry>
+ <entry>If non-zero, wrap around when at the end of the frequency range, else stop seeking.
+ The &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>capability</structfield> field will tell you what the
+ hardware supports.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
@@ -118,9 +124,15 @@ wrong.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>EAGAIN</errorcode></term>
+ <term><errorcode>ENODATA</errorcode></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The hardware seek found no channels.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The ioctl timed-out. Try again.</para>
+ <para>Another hardware seek is already in progress.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml
index 208e9f0da3f..f33cc814a01 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
<section>
<title>Types of selection targets</title>
- <para>There are two types of selection targets: actual and bounds.
- The ACTUAL targets are the targets which configure the hardware.
- The BOUNDS target will return a rectangle that contain all
- possible ACTUAL rectangles.</para>
+ <para>There are two types of selection targets: actual and bounds. The
+ actual targets are the targets which configure the hardware. The BOUNDS
+ target will return a rectangle that contain all possible actual
+ rectangles.</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -87,71 +87,8 @@
<constant>EINVAL</constant>.</para>
</section>
- <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-selection-targets">
- <title>V4L2 subdev selection targets</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- &cs-def;
- <tbody valign="top">
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTUAL</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0000</entry>
- <entry>Actual crop. Defines the cropping
- performed by the processing step.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0002</entry>
- <entry>Bounds of the crop rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTUAL</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0100</entry>
- <entry>Actual compose rectangle. Used to configure scaling
- on sink pads and composition on source pads.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0102</entry>
- <entry>Bounds of the compose rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
-
- <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-selection-flags">
- <title>V4L2 subdev selection flags</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- &cs-def;
- <tbody valign="top">
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_GE</constant></entry>
- <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 0)</entry> <entry>Suggest the driver it
- should choose greater or equal rectangle (in size) than
- was requested. Albeit the driver may choose a lesser size,
- it will only do so due to hardware limitations. Without
- this flag (and
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_LE</constant>) the
- behaviour is to choose the closest possible
- rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_LE</constant></entry>
- <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 1)</entry> <entry>Suggest the driver it
- should choose lesser or equal rectangle (in size) than was
- requested. Albeit the driver may choose a greater size, it
- will only do so due to hardware limitations.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant></entry>
- <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 2)</entry>
- <entry>The configuration should not be propagated to any
- further processing steps. If this flag is not given, the
- configuration is propagated inside the subdevice to all
- further processing steps.</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
+ <para>Selection targets and flags are documented in <xref
+ linkend="v4l2-selections-common"/>.</para>
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-selection">
<title>struct <structname>v4l2_subdev_selection</structname></title>
@@ -173,13 +110,13 @@
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry>
<entry>Target selection rectangle. See
- <xref linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-targets">.</xref>.</entry>
+ <xref linkend="v4l2-selections-common" />.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
<entry>Flags. See
- <xref linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-flags">.</xref></entry>
+ <xref linkend="v4l2-selection-flags" />.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
index fbb24117448..12d3952e83d 100755
--- a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use IO::Handle;
"af9015", "ngene", "az6027", "lme2510_lg", "lme2510c_s7395",
"lme2510c_s7395_old", "drxk", "drxk_terratec_h5",
"drxk_hauppauge_hvr930c", "tda10071", "it9135", "it9137",
- "drxk_pctv");
+ "drxk_pctv", "drxk_terratec_htc_stick", "sms1xxx_hcw");
# Check args
syntax() if (scalar(@ARGV) != 1);
@@ -676,6 +676,24 @@ sub drxk_terratec_h5 {
"$fwfile"
}
+sub drxk_terratec_htc_stick {
+ my $url = "http://ftp.terratec.de/Receiver/Cinergy_HTC_Stick/Updates/";
+ my $zipfile = "Cinergy_HTC_Stick_Drv_5.09.1202.00_XP_Vista_7.exe";
+ my $hash = "6722a2442a05423b781721fbc069ed5e";
+ my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 0);
+ my $drvfile = "Cinergy HTC Stick/BDA Driver 5.09.1202.00/Windows 32 Bit/emOEM.sys";
+ my $fwfile = "dvb-usb-terratec-htc-stick-drxk.fw";
+
+ checkstandard();
+
+ wgetfile($zipfile, $url . $zipfile);
+ verify($zipfile, $hash);
+ unzip($zipfile, $tmpdir);
+ extract("$tmpdir/$drvfile", 0x4e5c0, 42692, "$fwfile");
+
+ "$fwfile"
+}
+
sub it9135 {
my $sourcefile = "dvb-usb-it9135.zip";
my $url = "http://www.ite.com.tw/uploads/firmware/v3.6.0.0/$sourcefile";
@@ -748,6 +766,28 @@ sub drxk_pctv {
"$fwfile";
}
+sub sms1xxx_hcw {
+ my $url = "http://steventoth.net/linux/sms1xxx/";
+ my %files = (
+ 'sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-01.fw' => "afb6f9fb9a71d64392e8564ef9577e5a",
+ 'sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw' => "b44807098ba26e52cbedeadc052ba58f",
+ 'sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-isdbt-02.fw' => "dae934eeea85225acbd63ce6cfe1c9e4",
+ );
+
+ checkstandard();
+
+ my $allfiles;
+ foreach my $fwfile (keys %files) {
+ wgetfile($fwfile, "$url/$fwfile");
+ verify($fwfile, $files{$fwfile});
+ $allfiles .= " $fwfile";
+ }
+
+ $allfiles =~ s/^\s//;
+
+ $allfiles;
+}
+
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Utilities
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 09701afc031..b99803066b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -558,3 +558,21 @@ Why: The V4L2_CID_VCENTER, V4L2_CID_HCENTER controls have been deprecated
There are newer controls (V4L2_CID_PAN*, V4L2_CID_TILT*) that provide
similar functionality.
Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: V4L2 selections API target rectangle and flags unification, the
+ following definitions will be removed: V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE,
+ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_*
+ in favor of common V4L2_SEL_TGT_* and V4L2_SEL_FLAG_* definitions.
+ For more details see include/linux/v4l2-common.h.
+When: 3.8
+Why: The regular V4L2 selections and the subdev selection API originally
+ defined distinct names for the target rectangles and flags - V4L2_SEL_*
+ and V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*. Although, it turned out that the meaning of these
+ target rectangles is virtually identical and the APIs were consolidated
+ to use single set of names - V4L2_SEL_*. This didn't involve any ABI
+ changes. Alias definitions were created for the original ones to avoid
+ any instabilities in the user space interface. After few cycles these
+ backward compatibility definitions will be removed.
+Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 1f590527005..89318be6c1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -594,6 +594,15 @@ You should also set these fields:
unlocked_ioctl file operation is called this lock will be taken by the
core and released afterwards. See the next section for more details.
+- queue: a pointer to the struct vb2_queue associated with this device node.
+ If queue is non-NULL, and queue->lock is non-NULL, then queue->lock is
+ used for the queuing ioctls (VIDIOC_REQBUFS, CREATE_BUFS, QBUF, DQBUF,
+ QUERYBUF, PREPARE_BUF, STREAMON and STREAMOFF) instead of the lock above.
+ That way the vb2 queuing framework does not have to wait for other ioctls.
+ This queue pointer is also used by the vb2 helper functions to check for
+ queuing ownership (i.e. is the filehandle calling it allowed to do the
+ operation).
+
- prio: keeps track of the priorities. Used to implement VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY.
If left to NULL, then it will use the struct v4l2_prio_state in v4l2_device.
If you want to have a separate priority state per (group of) device node(s),
@@ -647,47 +656,43 @@ manually set the struct media_entity type and name fields.
A reference to the entity will be automatically acquired/released when the
video device is opened/closed.
-v4l2_file_operations and locking
---------------------------------
-
-You can set a pointer to a mutex_lock in struct video_device. Usually this
-will be either a top-level mutex or a mutex per device node. By default this
-lock will be used for unlocked_ioctl, but you can disable locking for
-selected ioctls by calling:
-
- void v4l2_disable_ioctl_locking(struct video_device *vdev, unsigned int cmd);
-
-E.g.: v4l2_disable_ioctl_locking(vdev, VIDIOC_DQBUF);
+ioctls and locking
+------------------
-You have to call this before you register the video_device.
+The V4L core provides optional locking services. The main service is the
+lock field in struct video_device, which is a pointer to a mutex. If you set
+this pointer, then that will be used by unlocked_ioctl to serialize all ioctls.
-Particularly with USB drivers where certain commands such as setting controls
-can take a long time you may want to do your own locking for the buffer queuing
-ioctls.
+If you are using the videobuf2 framework, then there is a second lock that you
+can set: video_device->queue->lock. If set, then this lock will be used instead
+of video_device->lock to serialize all queuing ioctls (see the previous section
+for the full list of those ioctls).
-If you want still finer-grained locking then you have to set mutex_lock to NULL
-and do you own locking completely.
+The advantage of using a different lock for the queuing ioctls is that for some
+drivers (particularly USB drivers) certain commands such as setting controls
+can take a long time, so you want to use a separate lock for the buffer queuing
+ioctls. That way your VIDIOC_DQBUF doesn't stall because the driver is busy
+changing the e.g. exposure of the webcam.
-It is up to the driver developer to decide which method to use. However, if
-your driver has high-latency operations (for example, changing the exposure
-of a USB webcam might take a long time), then you might be better off with
-doing your own locking if you want to allow the user to do other things with
-the device while waiting for the high-latency command to finish.
+Of course, you can always do all the locking yourself by leaving both lock
+pointers at NULL.
-If a lock is specified then all ioctl commands will be serialized on that
-lock. If you use videobuf then you must pass the same lock to the videobuf
-queue initialize function: if videobuf has to wait for a frame to arrive, then
-it will temporarily unlock the lock and relock it afterwards. If your driver
-also waits in the code, then you should do the same to allow other processes
-to access the device node while the first process is waiting for something.
+If you use the old videobuf then you must pass the video_device lock to the
+videobuf queue initialize function: if videobuf has to wait for a frame to
+arrive, then it will temporarily unlock the lock and relock it afterwards. If
+your driver also waits in the code, then you should do the same to allow other
+processes to access the device node while the first process is waiting for
+something.
In the case of videobuf2 you will need to implement the wait_prepare and
-wait_finish callbacks to unlock/lock if applicable. In particular, if you use
-the lock in struct video_device then you must unlock/lock this mutex in
-wait_prepare and wait_finish.
-
-The implementation of a hotplug disconnect should also take the lock before
-calling v4l2_device_disconnect.
+wait_finish callbacks to unlock/lock if applicable. If you use the queue->lock
+pointer, then you can use the helper functions vb2_ops_wait_prepare/finish.
+
+The implementation of a hotplug disconnect should also take the lock from
+video_device before calling v4l2_device_disconnect. If you are also using
+video_device->queue->lock, then you have to first lock video_device->queue->lock
+followed by video_device->lock. That way you can be sure no ioctl is running
+when you call v4l2_device_disconnect.
video_device registration
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