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authorSylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>2012-03-09 04:46:28 -0500
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-03-19 14:33:24 -0400
commit9080d5d3fa9888facd6898c6705b1a6713882955 (patch)
tree8c22e1810cd899e57ac132b38a6b262537a96bbc /Documentation/DocBook/media
parent1d53160111d821d5d924e220f6b5b423f938d617 (diff)
[media] V4L: Improve the selection API documentation
Make the VIDIOC_G/S_SELECTION ioctls documentation more consistent with the rest of media Docbook, use capital letters where necessary and correct few minor errors. Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml106
2 files changed, 61 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
index 2f0bdb4d5551..b299e4779354 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ cropping and composing rectangles have the same size.</para>
52 </textobject> 52 </textobject>
53 </mediaobject> 53 </mediaobject>
54 </figure> 54 </figure>
55
56For complete list of the available selection targets see table <xref
57linkend="v4l2-sel-target"/>
58
55 </section> 59 </section>
56 60
57 <section> 61 <section>
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
186 190
187 <section> 191 <section>
188 192
189 <title>Scaling control.</title> 193 <title>Scaling control</title>
190 194
191<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width 195<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width
192and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE 196and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ the scaling ratios using these values.</para>
200 204
201 <section> 205 <section>
202 206
203 <title>Comparison with old cropping API.</title> 207 <title>Comparison with old cropping API</title>
204 208
205<para>The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of previous 209<para>The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of previous
206<link linkend="crop"> API </link>, that was designed to control simple capture 210<link linkend="crop"> API </link>, that was designed to control simple capture
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
index a9d36e0c090e..bb04eff75f45 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
@@ -58,43 +58,43 @@
58 58
59 <para>The ioctls are used to query and configure selection rectangles.</para> 59 <para>The ioctls are used to query and configure selection rectangles.</para>
60 60
61<para> To query the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield> 61<para> To query the cropping (composing) rectangle set &v4l2-selection;
62&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type. Do not 62<structfield> type </structfield> field to the respective buffer type.
63use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE 63Do not use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
64</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE 64</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
65</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of 65</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
66<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is 66<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
67setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value 67setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> field
68<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant> 68to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
69V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref 69V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
70linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional 70linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
71targets. Fields <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> and 71targets. The <structfield>flags</structfield> and <structfield>reserved
72<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> are ignored and they 72</structfield> fields of &v4l2-selection; are ignored and they must be filled
73must be filled with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or 73with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or
74returns &EINVAL; if incorrect buffer type or target was used. If cropping 74returns &EINVAL; if incorrect buffer type or target was used. If cropping
75(composing) is not supported then the active rectangle is not mutable and it is 75(composing) is not supported then the active rectangle is not mutable and it is
76always equal to the bounds rectangle. Finally, structure <structfield> 76always equal to the bounds rectangle. Finally, the &v4l2-rect;
77&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> is filled with the current cropping 77<structfield>r</structfield> rectangle is filled with the current cropping
78(composing) coordinates. The coordinates are expressed in driver-dependent 78(composing) coordinates. The coordinates are expressed in driver-dependent
79units. The only exception are rectangles for images in raw formats, whose 79units. The only exception are rectangles for images in raw formats, whose
80coordinates are always expressed in pixels. </para> 80coordinates are always expressed in pixels. </para>
81 81
82<para> To change the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield> 82<para> To change the cropping (composing) rectangle set the &v4l2-selection;
83&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type. Do not 83<structfield>type</structfield> field to the respective buffer type. Do not
84use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE 84use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
85</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE 85</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
86</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of 86</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
87<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is 87<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
88setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value 88setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> to
89<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant> 89<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant> (<constant>
90V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref 90V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
91linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional 91linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
92targets. Set desired active area into the field <structfield> 92targets. The &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle need to be
93&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield>. Field <structfield> 93set to the desired active area. Field &v4l2-selection; <structfield> reserved
94&v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> is ignored and must be filled with 94</structfield> is ignored and must be filled with zeros. The driver may adjust
95zeros. The driver may adjust the rectangle coordinates. An application may 95coordinates of the requested rectangle. An application may
96introduce constraints to control rounding behaviour. Set the field 96introduce constraints to control rounding behaviour. The &v4l2-selection;
97<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> to one of values: 97<structfield>flags</structfield> field must be set to one of the following:
98 98
99<itemizedlist> 99<itemizedlist>
100 <listitem> 100 <listitem>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ and vertical offset and sizes are chosen according to following priority:
129 129
130<orderedlist> 130<orderedlist>
131 <listitem> 131 <listitem>
132 <para>Satisfy constraints from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::flags</structfield>.</para> 132 <para>Satisfy constraints from &v4l2-selection; <structfield>flags</structfield>.</para>
133 </listitem> 133 </listitem>
134 <listitem> 134 <listitem>
135 <para>Adjust width, height, left, and top to hardware limits and alignments.</para> 135 <para>Adjust width, height, left, and top to hardware limits and alignments.</para>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ and vertical offset and sizes are chosen according to following priority:
145 </listitem> 145 </listitem>
146</orderedlist> 146</orderedlist>
147 147
148On success the field <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> contains 148On success the &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> field contains
149the adjusted rectangle. When the parameters are unsuitable the application may 149the adjusted rectangle. When the parameters are unsuitable the application may
150modify the cropping (composing) or image parameters and repeat the cycle until 150modify the cropping (composing) or image parameters and repeat the cycle until
151satisfactory parameters have been negotiated. If constraints flags have to be 151satisfactory parameters have been negotiated. If constraints flags have to be
@@ -162,38 +162,38 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
162 <tbody valign="top"> 162 <tbody valign="top">
163 <row> 163 <row>
164 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry> 164 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
165 <entry>0</entry> 165 <entry>0x0000</entry>
166 <entry>area that is currently cropped by hardware</entry> 166 <entry>The area that is currently cropped by hardware.</entry>
167 </row> 167 </row>
168 <row> 168 <row>
169 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry> 169 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
170 <entry>1</entry> 170 <entry>0x0001</entry>
171 <entry>suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry> 171 <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
172 </row> 172 </row>
173 <row> 173 <row>
174 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry> 174 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
175 <entry>2</entry> 175 <entry>0x0002</entry>
176 <entry>limits for the cropping rectangle</entry> 176 <entry>Limits for the cropping rectangle.</entry>
177 </row> 177 </row>
178 <row> 178 <row>
179 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry> 179 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
180 <entry>256</entry> 180 <entry>0x0100</entry>
181 <entry>area to which data are composed by hardware</entry> 181 <entry>The area to which data is composed by hardware.</entry>
182 </row> 182 </row>
183 <row> 183 <row>
184 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry> 184 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
185 <entry>257</entry> 185 <entry>0x0101</entry>
186 <entry>suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry> 186 <entry>Suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
187 </row> 187 </row>
188 <row> 188 <row>
189 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry> 189 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
190 <entry>258</entry> 190 <entry>0x0102</entry>
191 <entry>limits for the composing rectangle</entry> 191 <entry>Limits for the composing rectangle.</entry>
192 </row> 192 </row>
193 <row> 193 <row>
194 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry> 194 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
195 <entry>259</entry> 195 <entry>0x0103</entry>
196 <entry>the active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by the hardware</entry> 196 <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by hardware.</entry>
197 </row> 197 </row>
198 </tbody> 198 </tbody>
199 </tgroup> 199 </tgroup>
@@ -209,12 +209,14 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
209 <row> 209 <row>
210 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry> 210 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
211 <entry>0x00000001</entry> 211 <entry>0x00000001</entry>
212 <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must contain a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry> 212 <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must contain the original
213 &v4l2-selection; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
213 </row> 214 </row>
214 <row> 215 <row>
215 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry> 216 <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
216 <entry>0x00000002</entry> 217 <entry>0x00000002</entry>
217 <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must be inside a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry> 218 <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must be inside the original
219 &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
218 </row> 220 </row>
219 </tbody> 221 </tbody>
220 </tgroup> 222 </tgroup>
@@ -245,27 +247,29 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
245 <row> 247 <row>
246 <entry>__u32</entry> 248 <entry>__u32</entry>
247 <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry> 249 <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
248 <entry>Type of the buffer (from &v4l2-buf-type;)</entry> 250 <entry>Type of the buffer (from &v4l2-buf-type;).</entry>
249 </row> 251 </row>
250 <row> 252 <row>
251 <entry>__u32</entry> 253 <entry>__u32</entry>
252 <entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry> 254 <entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry>
253 <entry>used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping and composing rectangles </link></entry> 255 <entry>Used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping
256 and composing rectangles</link>.</entry>
254 </row> 257 </row>
255 <row> 258 <row>
256 <entry>__u32</entry> 259 <entry>__u32</entry>
257 <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry> 260 <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
258 <entry>control over coordinates adjustments, refer to <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link></entry> 261 <entry>Flags controlling the selection rectangle adjustments, refer to
262 <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link>.</entry>
259 </row> 263 </row>
260 <row> 264 <row>
261 <entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry> 265 <entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry>
262 <entry><structfield>r</structfield></entry> 266 <entry><structfield>r</structfield></entry>
263 <entry>selection rectangle</entry> 267 <entry>The selection rectangle.</entry>
264 </row> 268 </row>
265 <row> 269 <row>
266 <entry>__u32</entry> 270 <entry>__u32</entry>
267 <entry><structfield>reserved[9]</structfield></entry> 271 <entry><structfield>reserved[9]</structfield></entry>
268 <entry>Reserved fields for future use</entry> 272 <entry>Reserved fields for future use.</entry>
269 </row> 273 </row>
270 </tbody> 274 </tbody>
271 </tgroup> 275 </tgroup>
@@ -278,24 +282,24 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
278 <varlistentry> 282 <varlistentry>
279 <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> 283 <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
280 <listitem> 284 <listitem>
281 <para>The buffer <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> 285 <para>Given buffer type <structfield>type</structfield> or
282or <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> is not supported, or 286the selection target <structfield>target</structfield> is not supported,
283the <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> are invalid.</para> 287or the <structfield>flags</structfield> argument is not valid.</para>
284 </listitem> 288 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry> 289 </varlistentry>
286 <varlistentry> 290 <varlistentry>
287 <term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term> 291 <term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term>
288 <listitem> 292 <listitem>
289 <para>it is not possible to adjust a rectangle <structfield> 293 <para>It is not possible to adjust &v4l2-rect; <structfield>
290&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> that satisfies all contraints from 294r</structfield> rectangle to satisfy all contraints given in the
291<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield>.</para> 295<structfield>flags</structfield> argument.</para>
292 </listitem> 296 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry> 297 </varlistentry>
294 <varlistentry> 298 <varlistentry>
295 <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term> 299 <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
296 <listitem> 300 <listitem>
297 <para>it is not possible to apply change of selection rectangle at the moment. 301 <para>It is not possible to apply change of the selection rectangle
298Usually because streaming is in progress.</para> 302at the moment. Usually because streaming is in progress.</para>
299 </listitem> 303 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry> 304 </varlistentry>
301 </variablelist> 305 </variablelist>