From 8e080c2e6cadada82a6b520e0c23a1cb974822d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:16:04 -0300 Subject: V4L/DVB (12761): DocBook: add media API specs The V4L and DVB API's are there for a long time. however, up to now, no efforts were done to merge them to kernel DocBook. This patch adds the current versions of the specs as an unique compendium. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 130 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml') diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8b5e6ff7f3d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-ctrl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ + + + ioctl VIDIOC_G_CTRL, VIDIOC_S_CTRL + &manvol; + + + + VIDIOC_G_CTRL + VIDIOC_S_CTRL + Get or set the value of a control + + + + + + int ioctl + int fd + int request + struct v4l2_control +*argp + + + + + + Arguments + + + + fd + + &fd; + + + + request + + VIDIOC_G_CTRL, VIDIOC_S_CTRL + + + + argp + + + + + + + + + Description + + To get the current value of a control applications +initialize the id field of a struct +v4l2_control and call the +VIDIOC_G_CTRL ioctl with a pointer to this +structure. To change the value of a control applications initialize +the id and value +fields of a struct v4l2_control and call the +VIDIOC_S_CTRL ioctl. + + When the id is invalid drivers +return an &EINVAL;. When the value is out +of bounds drivers can choose to take the closest valid value or return +an &ERANGE;, whatever seems more appropriate. However, +VIDIOC_S_CTRL is a write-only ioctl, it does not +return the actual new value. + + These ioctls work only with user controls. For other +control classes the &VIDIOC-G-EXT-CTRLS;, &VIDIOC-S-EXT-CTRLS; or +&VIDIOC-TRY-EXT-CTRLS; must be used. + + + struct <structname>v4l2_control</structname> + + &cs-str; + + + __u32 + id + Identifies the control, set by the +application. + + + __s32 + value + New value or current value. + + + +
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+ + + &return-value; + + + + EINVAL + + The &v4l2-control; id is +invalid. + + + + ERANGE + + The &v4l2-control; value +is out of bounds. + + + + EBUSY + + The control is temporarily not changeable, possibly +because another applications took over control of the device function +this control belongs to. + + + + +
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