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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/videodev2.h | 1 |
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml index ce1004a7da5..91410b6e7e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml @@ -2370,6 +2370,14 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35. </listitem> </orderedlist> </section> + <section> + <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.2</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE was added to signal volatile controls to userspace.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> <section id="other"> <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml index 0d05e8747c1..40132c27764 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml @@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter applications. --> <revision> + <revnumber>3.2</revnumber> + <date>2011-08-26</date> + <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> <revnumber>3.1</revnumber> <date>2011-06-27</date> <authorinitials>mcc, po, hv</authorinitials> @@ -410,7 +417,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark> </partinfo> <title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title> - <subtitle>Revision 3.1</subtitle> + <subtitle>Revision 3.2</subtitle> <chapter id="common"> &sub-common; diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml index 677ea646c29..0ac0057a51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml @@ -406,6 +406,15 @@ flag is typically present for relative controls or action controls where writing a value will cause the device to carry out a given action (⪚ motor control) but no meaningful value can be returned.</entry> </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0080</entry> + <entry>This control is volatile, which means that the value of the control +changes continuously. A typical example would be the current gain value if the device +is in auto-gain mode. In such a case the hardware calculates the gain value based on +the lighting conditions which can change over time. Note that setting a new value for +a volatile control will have no effect. The new value will just be ignored.</entry> + </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> diff --git a/include/linux/videodev2.h b/include/linux/videodev2.h index a5359c6e757..9d14523487d 100644 --- a/include/linux/videodev2.h +++ b/include/linux/videodev2.h @@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ struct v4l2_querymenu { #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_INACTIVE 0x0010 #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_SLIDER 0x0020 #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY 0x0040 +#define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE 0x0080 /* Query flag, to be ORed with the control ID */ #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL 0x80000000 |