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authorLaurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>2010-05-05 10:38:35 -0400
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-03-22 03:53:32 -0400
commit35c3017a29d278c4405a7f3ab30b814999d156d3 (patch)
treeb956724fb7c11c336a4a4d93a5679347f222caf8 /Documentation/DocBook
parent333c8b97785d5afd5085ba3720b4d259623290f6 (diff)
[media] v4l: v4l2_subdev userspace frame interval API
The three new ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL and VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL can be used to enumerate and configure a subdev's frame rate from userspace. Two new video::g/s_frame_interval subdev operations are introduced to support those ioctls. The existing video::g/s_parm operations are deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval.xml152
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.xml141
4 files changed, 301 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
index dbb9cb2e1ec6..a95eb5783760 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@
89<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-ENUM-FRAME-SIZE "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-size'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_SIZE</constant></link>"> 89<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-ENUM-FRAME-SIZE "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-size'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_SIZE</constant></link>">
90<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-ENUM-MBUS-CODE "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-enum-mbus-code'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_MBUS_CODE</constant></link>"> 90<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-ENUM-MBUS-CODE "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-enum-mbus-code'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_MBUS_CODE</constant></link>">
91<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-G-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT</constant></link>"> 91<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-G-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT</constant></link>">
92<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-G-FRAME-INTERVAL "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant></link>">
92<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-S-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT</constant></link>"> 93<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-S-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT</constant></link>">
94<!ENTITY VIDIOC-SUBDEV-S-FRAME-INTERVAL "<link linkend='vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval'><constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant></link>">
93<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-ENCODER-CMD "<link linkend='vidioc-encoder-cmd'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_ENCODER_CMD</constant></link>"> 95<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-ENCODER-CMD "<link linkend='vidioc-encoder-cmd'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_ENCODER_CMD</constant></link>">
94<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-EXT-CTRLS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ext-ctrls'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</constant></link>"> 96<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-EXT-CTRLS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ext-ctrls'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</constant></link>">
95<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant></link>"> 97<!ENTITY VIDIOC-TRY-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant></link>">
@@ -193,6 +195,8 @@
193<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-cap "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-cap'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_cap</link>"> 195<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-cap "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-cap'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_cap</link>">
194<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-data "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-data'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_data</link>"> 196<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-data "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-data'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_data</link>">
195<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-format "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-format'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_format</link>"> 197<!ENTITY v4l2-sliced-vbi-format "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-sliced-vbi-format'>v4l2_sliced_vbi_format</link>">
198<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-frame-interval "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-frame-interval'>v4l2_subdev_frame_interval</link>">
199<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-frame-interval-enum "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-frame-interval-enum'>v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum</link>">
196<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-frame-size-enum "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-frame-size-enum'>v4l2_subdev_frame_size_enum</link>"> 200<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-frame-size-enum "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-frame-size-enum'>v4l2_subdev_frame_size_enum</link>">
197<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-format "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-format'>v4l2_subdev_format</link>"> 201<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-format "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-format'>v4l2_subdev_format</link>">
198<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-mbus-code-enum "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-mbus-code-enum'>v4l2_subdev_mbus_code_enum</link>"> 202<!ENTITY v4l2-subdev-mbus-code-enum "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-subdev-mbus-code-enum'>v4l2_subdev_mbus_code_enum</link>">
@@ -331,10 +335,12 @@
331<!ENTITY sub-reqbufs SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.xml"> 335<!ENTITY sub-reqbufs SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.xml">
332<!ENTITY sub-s-hw-freq-seek SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml"> 336<!ENTITY sub-s-hw-freq-seek SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml">
333<!ENTITY sub-streamon SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml"> 337<!ENTITY sub-streamon SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml">
338<!ENTITY sub-subdev-enum-frame-interval SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval.xml">
334<!ENTITY sub-subdev-enum-frame-size SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-size.xml"> 339<!ENTITY sub-subdev-enum-frame-size SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-size.xml">
335<!ENTITY sub-subdev-enum-mbus-code SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-mbus-code.xml"> 340<!ENTITY sub-subdev-enum-mbus-code SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-mbus-code.xml">
336<!ENTITY sub-subdev-formats SYSTEM "v4l/subdev-formats.xml"> 341<!ENTITY sub-subdev-formats SYSTEM "v4l/subdev-formats.xml">
337<!ENTITY sub-subdev-g-fmt SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.xml"> 342<!ENTITY sub-subdev-g-fmt SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-fmt.xml">
343<!ENTITY sub-subdev-g-frame-interval SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.xml">
338<!ENTITY sub-capture-c SYSTEM "v4l/capture.c.xml"> 344<!ENTITY sub-capture-c SYSTEM "v4l/capture.c.xml">
339<!ENTITY sub-keytable-c SYSTEM "v4l/keytable.c.xml"> 345<!ENTITY sub-keytable-c SYSTEM "v4l/keytable.c.xml">
340<!ENTITY sub-v4l2grab-c SYSTEM "v4l/v4l2grab.c.xml"> 346<!ENTITY sub-v4l2grab-c SYSTEM "v4l/v4l2grab.c.xml">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 2ada2f86bb54..a436716ef3bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -507,9 +507,11 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
507 &sub-reqbufs; 507 &sub-reqbufs;
508 &sub-s-hw-freq-seek; 508 &sub-s-hw-freq-seek;
509 &sub-streamon; 509 &sub-streamon;
510 &sub-subdev-enum-frame-interval;
510 &sub-subdev-enum-frame-size; 511 &sub-subdev-enum-frame-size;
511 &sub-subdev-enum-mbus-code; 512 &sub-subdev-enum-mbus-code;
512 &sub-subdev-g-fmt; 513 &sub-subdev-g-fmt;
514 &sub-subdev-g-frame-interval;
513 &sub-subscribe-event; 515 &sub-subscribe-event;
514 <!-- End of ioctls. --> 516 <!-- End of ioctls. -->
515 &sub-mmap; 517 &sub-mmap;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f8f4f0a0235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
1<refentry id="vidioc-subdev-enum-frame-interval">
2 <refmeta>
3 <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL</refentrytitle>
4 &manvol;
5 </refmeta>
6
7 <refnamediv>
8 <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Enumerate frame intervals</refpurpose>
10 </refnamediv>
11
12 <refsynopsisdiv>
13 <funcsynopsis>
14 <funcprototype>
15 <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
16 <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
17 <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
18 <paramdef>struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum *
19 <parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
20 </funcprototype>
21 </funcsynopsis>
22 </refsynopsisdiv>
23
24 <refsect1>
25 <title>Arguments</title>
26
27 <variablelist>
28 <varlistentry>
29 <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
30 <listitem>
31 <para>&fd;</para>
32 </listitem>
33 </varlistentry>
34 <varlistentry>
35 <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
36 <listitem>
37 <para>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL</para>
38 </listitem>
39 </varlistentry>
40 <varlistentry>
41 <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
42 <listitem>
43 <para></para>
44 </listitem>
45 </varlistentry>
46 </variablelist>
47 </refsect1>
48
49 <refsect1>
50 <title>Description</title>
51
52 <note>
53 <title>Experimental</title>
54 <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental">experimental</link>
55 interface and may change in the future.</para>
56 </note>
57
58 <para>This ioctl lets applications enumerate available frame intervals on a
59 given sub-device pad. Frame intervals only makes sense for sub-devices that
60 can control the frame period on their own. This includes, for instance,
61 image sensors and TV tuners.</para>
62
63 <para>For the common use case of image sensors, the frame intervals
64 available on the sub-device output pad depend on the frame format and size
65 on the same pad. Applications must thus specify the desired format and size
66 when enumerating frame intervals.</para>
67
68 <para>To enumerate frame intervals applications initialize the
69 <structfield>index</structfield>, <structfield>pad</structfield>,
70 <structfield>code</structfield>, <structfield>width</structfield> and
71 <structfield>height</structfield> fields of
72 &v4l2-subdev-frame-interval-enum; and call the
73 <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant> ioctl with a pointer
74 to this structure. Drivers fill the rest of the structure or return
75 an &EINVAL; if one of the input fields is invalid. All frame intervals are
76 enumerable by beginning at index zero and incrementing by one until
77 <errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode> is returned.</para>
78
79 <para>Available frame intervals may depend on the current 'try' formats
80 at other pads of the sub-device, as well as on the current active links. See
81 &VIDIOC-SUBDEV-G-FMT; for more information about the try formats.</para>
82
83 <para>Sub-devices that support the frame interval enumeration ioctl should
84 implemented it on a single pad only. Its behaviour when supported on
85 multiple pads of the same sub-device is not defined.</para>
86
87 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-frame-interval-enum">
88 <title>struct <structname>v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum</structname></title>
89 <tgroup cols="3">
90 &cs-str;
91 <tbody valign="top">
92 <row>
93 <entry>__u32</entry>
94 <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
95 <entry>Number of the format in the enumeration, set by the
96 application.</entry>
97 </row>
98 <row>
99 <entry>__u32</entry>
100 <entry><structfield>pad</structfield></entry>
101 <entry>Pad number as reported by the media controller API.</entry>
102 </row>
103 <row>
104 <entry>__u32</entry>
105 <entry><structfield>code</structfield></entry>
106 <entry>The media bus format code, as defined in
107 <xref linkend="v4l2-mbus-format" />.</entry>
108 </row>
109 <row>
110 <entry>__u32</entry>
111 <entry><structfield>width</structfield></entry>
112 <entry>Frame width, in pixels.</entry>
113 </row>
114 <row>
115 <entry>__u32</entry>
116 <entry><structfield>height</structfield></entry>
117 <entry>Frame height, in pixels.</entry>
118 </row>
119 <row>
120 <entry>&v4l2-fract;</entry>
121 <entry><structfield>interval</structfield></entry>
122 <entry>Period, in seconds, between consecutive video frames.</entry>
123 </row>
124 <row>
125 <entry>__u32</entry>
126 <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[9]</entry>
127 <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must
128 set the array to zero.</entry>
129 </row>
130 </tbody>
131 </tgroup>
132 </table>
133 </refsect1>
134
135 <refsect1>
136 &return-value;
137
138 <variablelist>
139 <varlistentry>
140 <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
141 <listitem>
142 <para>The &v4l2-subdev-frame-interval-enum;
143 <structfield>pad</structfield> references a non-existing pad, one of
144 the <structfield>code</structfield>, <structfield>width</structfield>
145 or <structfield>height</structfield> fields are invalid for the given
146 pad or the <structfield>index</structfield> field is out of bounds.
147 </para>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150 </variablelist>
151 </refsect1>
152</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bc3ea22d31f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
1<refentry id="vidioc-subdev-g-frame-interval">
2 <refmeta>
3 <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</refentrytitle>
4 &manvol;
5 </refmeta>
6
7 <refnamediv>
8 <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL</refname>
9 <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</refname>
10 <refpurpose>Get or set the frame interval on a subdev pad</refpurpose>
11 </refnamediv>
12
13 <refsynopsisdiv>
14 <funcsynopsis>
15 <funcprototype>
16 <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
17 <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
18 <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
19 <paramdef>struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval *<parameter>argp</parameter>
20 </paramdef>
21 </funcprototype>
22 </funcsynopsis>
23 </refsynopsisdiv>
24
25 <refsect1>
26 <title>Arguments</title>
27
28 <variablelist>
29 <varlistentry>
30 <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
31 <listitem>
32 <para>&fd;</para>
33 </listitem>
34 </varlistentry>
35 <varlistentry>
36 <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
37 <listitem>
38 <para>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</para>
39 </listitem>
40 </varlistentry>
41 <varlistentry>
42 <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
43 <listitem>
44 <para></para>
45 </listitem>
46 </varlistentry>
47 </variablelist>
48 </refsect1>
49
50 <refsect1>
51 <title>Description</title>
52
53 <note>
54 <title>Experimental</title>
55 <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental">experimental</link>
56 interface and may change in the future.</para>
57 </note>
58
59 <para>These ioctls are used to get and set the frame interval at specific
60 subdev pads in the image pipeline. The frame interval only makes sense for
61 sub-devices that can control the frame period on their own. This includes,
62 for instance, image sensors and TV tuners. Sub-devices that don't support
63 frame intervals must not implement these ioctls.</para>
64
65 <para>To retrieve the current frame interval applications set the
66 <structfield>pad</structfield> field of a &v4l2-subdev-frame-interval; to
67 the desired pad number as reported by the media controller API. When they
68 call the <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant> ioctl with a
69 pointer to this structure the driver fills the members of the
70 <structfield>interval</structfield> field.</para>
71
72 <para>To change the current frame interval applications set both the
73 <structfield>pad</structfield> field and all members of the
74 <structfield>interval</structfield> field. When they call the
75 <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant> ioctl with a pointer to
76 this structure the driver verifies the requested interval, adjusts it based
77 on the hardware capabilities and configures the device. Upon return the
78 &v4l2-subdev-frame-interval; contains the current frame interval as would be
79 returned by a <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant> call.
80 </para>
81
82 <para>Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested interval
83 doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the interval
84 to match what the hardware can provide. The modified interval should be as
85 close as possible to the original request.</para>
86
87 <para>Sub-devices that support the frame interval ioctls should implement
88 them on a single pad only. Their behaviour when supported on multiple pads
89 of the same sub-device is not defined.</para>
90
91 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-frame-interval">
92 <title>struct <structname>v4l2_subdev_frame_interval</structname></title>
93 <tgroup cols="3">
94 &cs-str;
95 <tbody valign="top">
96 <row>
97 <entry>__u32</entry>
98 <entry><structfield>pad</structfield></entry>
99 <entry>Pad number as reported by the media controller API.</entry>
100 </row>
101 <row>
102 <entry>&v4l2-fract;</entry>
103 <entry><structfield>interval</structfield></entry>
104 <entry>Period, in seconds, between consecutive video frames.</entry>
105 </row>
106 <row>
107 <entry>__u32</entry>
108 <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[9]</entry>
109 <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must
110 set the array to zero.</entry>
111 </row>
112 </tbody>
113 </tgroup>
114 </table>
115 </refsect1>
116
117 <refsect1>
118 &return-value;
119
120 <variablelist>
121 <varlistentry>
122 <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>The frame interval can't be changed because the pad is currently
125 busy. This can be caused, for instance, by an active video stream on
126 the pad. The ioctl must not be retried without performing another
127 action to fix the problem first. Only returned by
128 <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL</constant></para>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131 <varlistentry>
132 <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
133 <listitem>
134 <para>The &v4l2-subdev-frame-interval; <structfield>pad</structfield>
135 references a non-existing pad, or the pad doesn't support frame
136 intervals.</para>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139 </variablelist>
140 </refsect1>
141</refentry>