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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml index 97a69bf6f3e..188e6211abd 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml @@ -699,7 +699,12 @@ linkend="v4l2-buf-type" /></entry> buffer. It depends on the negotiated data format and may change with each buffer for compressed variable size data like JPEG images. Drivers must set this field when <structfield>type</structfield> -refers to an input stream, applications when it refers to an output stream.</entry> +refers to an input stream, applications when it refers to an output stream. +If the application sets this to 0 for an output stream, then +<structfield>bytesused</structfield> will be set to the size of the +buffer (see the <structfield>length</structfield> field of this struct) by +the driver. For multiplanar formats this field is ignored and the +<structfield>planes</structfield> pointer is used instead.</entry> </row> <row> <entry>__u32</entry> @@ -861,7 +866,11 @@ should set this to 0.</entry> <entry></entry> <entry>The number of bytes occupied by data in the plane (its payload). Drivers must set this field when <structfield>type</structfield> - refers to an input stream, applications when it refers to an output stream.</entry> + refers to an input stream, applications when it refers to an output stream. + If the application sets this to 0 for an output stream, then + <structfield>bytesused</structfield> will be set to the size of the + plane (see the <structfield>length</structfield> field of this struct) + by the driver.</entry> </row> <row> <entry>__u32</entry> |