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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml220
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.xml256
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-encoder-cmd.xml9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-jpegcomp.xml16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml106
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml6
11 files changed, 646 insertions, 68 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
index cea6fd3ed428..7dc65c592a87 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,26 @@ url="http://www.ijg.org">http://www.ijg.org</ulink>)</corpauthor>
<subtitle>Version 1.02</subtitle>
</biblioentry>
+ <biblioentry id="itu-t81">
+ <abbrev>ITU-T.81</abbrev>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>International Telecommunication Union
+(<ulink url="http://www.itu.int">http://www.itu.int</ulink>)</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <title>ITU-T Recommendation T.81
+"Information Technology &mdash; Digital Compression and Coding of Continous-Tone
+Still Images &mdash; Requirements and Guidelines"</title>
+ </biblioentry>
+
+ <biblioentry id="w3c-jpeg-jfif">
+ <abbrev>W3C JPEG JFIF</abbrev>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The World Wide Web Consortium (<ulink
+url="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG">http://www.w3.org</ulink>)</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <title>JPEG JFIF</title>
+ </biblioentry>
+
<biblioentry id="smpte12m">
<abbrev>SMPTE&nbsp;12M</abbrev>
<authorgroup>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index c736380b4647..bce97c50391b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ linkend="pixfmt-rgb"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR24</constant></link></para></entr
<entry><para><link
linkend="pixfmt-rgb"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR32</constant></link><footnote>
<para>Presumably all V4L RGB formats are
-little-endian, although some drivers might interpret them according to machine endianess. V4L2 defines little-endian, big-endian and red/blue
+little-endian, although some drivers might interpret them according to machine endianness. V4L2 defines little-endian, big-endian and red/blue
swapped variants. For details see <xref linkend="pixfmt-rgb" />.</para>
</footnote></para></entry>
</row>
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ standard); 35468950&nbsp;Hz PAL and SECAM (625-line standards)</entry>
<row>
<entry>sample_format</entry>
<entry>V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY. The last four bytes (a
-machine endianess integer) contain a frame counter.</entry>
+machine endianness integer) contain a frame counter.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start[]</entry>
@@ -2393,6 +2393,20 @@ details.</para>
to the <link linkend="control">User controls class</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Added the device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities and added the new
+ V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS capability.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.4</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Added <link linkend="jpeg-controls">JPEG compression control
+ class</link>.</para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
index a1be37897ad7..b84f25e9cc87 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
@@ -1286,6 +1286,49 @@ produce a slight hiss, but in the encoder itself, guaranteeing a fixed
and reproducible audio bitstream. 0 = unmuted, 1 = muted.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row id="v4l2-mpeg-audio-dec-playback">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>enum&nbsp;v4l2_mpeg_audio_dec_playback</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">Determines how monolingual audio should be played back.
+Possible values are:</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2">
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_AUTO</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Automatically determines the best playback mode.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_STEREO</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Stereo playback.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_LEFT</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Left channel playback.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_RIGHT</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Right channel playback.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_MONO</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Mono playback.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK_SWAPPED_STEREO</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Stereo playback with swapped left and right channels.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </entrytbl>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row id="v4l2-mpeg-audio-dec-multilingual-playback">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_MULTILINGUAL_PLAYBACK</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>enum&nbsp;v4l2_mpeg_audio_dec_playback</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">Determines how multilingual audio should be played back.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
<row id="v4l2-mpeg-video-encoding">
<entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_ENCODING</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>enum&nbsp;v4l2_mpeg_video_encoding</entry>
@@ -1447,6 +1490,22 @@ of the video. The supplied 32-bit integer is interpreted as follows (bit
</tbody>
</entrytbl>
</row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row id="v4l2-mpeg-video-dec-pts">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DEC_PTS</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>integer64</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">This read-only control returns the
+33-bit video Presentation Time Stamp as defined in ITU T-REC-H.222.0 and ISO/IEC 13818-1 of
+the currently displayed frame. This is the same PTS as is used in &VIDIOC-DECODER-CMD;.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row id="v4l2-mpeg-video-dec-frame">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DEC_FRAME</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>integer64</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">This read-only control returns the
+frame counter of the frame that is currently displayed (decoded). This value is reset to 0 whenever
+the decoder is started.</entry>
+ </row>
<row><entry></entry></row>
@@ -3377,6 +3436,167 @@ interface and may change in the future.</para>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="jpeg-controls">
+ <title>JPEG Control Reference</title>
+ <para>The JPEG class includes controls for common features of JPEG
+ encoders and decoders. Currently it includes features for codecs
+ implementing progressive baseline DCT compression process with
+ Huffman entrophy coding.</para>
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="jpeg-control-id">
+ <title>JPEG Control IDs</title>
+ <tgroup cols="4">
+ <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="6*" />
+ <colspec colname="c3" colwidth="2*" />
+ <colspec colname="c4" colwidth="6*" />
+ <spanspec namest="c1" nameend="c2" spanname="id" />
+ <spanspec namest="c2" nameend="c4" spanname="descr" />
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="id" align="left">ID</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Type</entry>
+ </row><row rowsep="1"><entry spanname="descr" align="left">Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_CLASS</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>class</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">The JPEG class descriptor. Calling
+ &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; for this control will return a description of this
+ control class.
+
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING</constant></entry>
+ <entry>menu</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row id="jpeg-chroma-subsampling-control">
+ <entry spanname="descr">The chroma subsampling factors describe how
+ each component of an input image is sampled, in respect to maximum
+ sample rate in each spatial dimension. See <xref linkend="itu-t81"/>,
+ clause A.1.1. for more details. The <constant>
+ V4L2_CID_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING</constant> control determines how
+ Cb and Cr components are downsampled after coverting an input image
+ from RGB to Y'CbCr color space.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2">
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_444</constant>
+ </entry><entry>No chroma subsampling, each pixel has
+ Y, Cr and Cb values.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_422</constant>
+ </entry><entry>Horizontally subsample Cr, Cb components
+ by a factor of 2.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_420</constant>
+ </entry><entry>Subsample Cr, Cb components horizontally
+ and vertically by 2.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_411</constant>
+ </entry><entry>Horizontally subsample Cr, Cb components
+ by a factor of 4.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_410</constant>
+ </entry><entry>Subsample Cr, Cb components horizontally
+ by 4 and vertically by 2.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_CHROMA_SUBSAMPLING_GRAY</constant>
+ </entry><entry>Use only luminance component.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </entrytbl>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_RESTART_INTERVAL</constant>
+ </entry><entry>integer</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry spanname="descr">
+ The restart interval determines an interval of inserting RSTm
+ markers (m = 0..7). The purpose of these markers is to additionally
+ reinitialize the encoder process, in order to process blocks of
+ an image independently.
+ For the lossy compression processes the restart interval unit is
+ MCU (Minimum Coded Unit) and its value is contained in DRI
+ (Define Restart Interval) marker. If <constant>
+ V4L2_CID_JPEG_RESTART_INTERVAL</constant> control is set to 0,
+ DRI and RSTm markers will not be inserted.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row id="jpeg-quality-control">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_COMPRESION_QUALITY</constant></entry>
+ <entry>integer</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="descr">
+ <constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_COMPRESION_QUALITY</constant> control
+ determines trade-off between image quality and size.
+ It provides simpler method for applications to control image quality,
+ without a need for direct reconfiguration of luminance and chrominance
+ quantization tables.
+
+ In cases where a driver uses quantization tables configured directly
+ by an application, using interfaces defined elsewhere, <constant>
+ V4L2_CID_JPEG_COMPRESION_QUALITY</constant> control should be set
+ by driver to 0.
+
+ <para>The value range of this control is driver-specific. Only
+ positive, non-zero values are meaningful. The recommended range
+ is 1 - 100, where larger values correspond to better image quality.
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row id="jpeg-active-marker-control">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER</constant></entry>
+ <entry>bitmask</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="descr">Specify which JPEG markers are included
+ in compressed stream. This control is valid only for encoders.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2">
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER_APP0</constant></entry>
+ <entry>Application data segment APP<subscript>0</subscript>.</entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER_APP1</constant></entry>
+ <entry>Application data segment APP<subscript>1</subscript>.</entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER_COM</constant></entry>
+ <entry>Comment segment.</entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER_DQT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>Quantization tables segment.</entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER_DHT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>Huffman tables segment.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </entrytbl>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <para>For more details about JPEG specification, refer
+ to <xref linkend="itu-t81"/>, <xref linkend="jfif"/>,
+ <xref linkend="w3c-jpeg-jfif"/>.</para>
</section>
</section>
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>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
+
+For complete list of the available selection targets see table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-sel-target"/>
+
</section>
<section>
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
<section>
- <title>Scaling control.</title>
+ <title>Scaling control</title>
<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width
and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ the scaling ratios using these values.</para>
<section>
- <title>Comparison with old cropping API.</title>
+ <title>Comparison with old cropping API</title>
<para>The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of previous
<link linkend="crop"> API </link>, that was designed to control simple capture
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index e97c512861bb..8ae38876172e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,22 @@ structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
applications. -->
<revision>
+ <revnumber>3.4</revnumber>
+ <date>2012-01-25</date>
+ <authorinitials>sn</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added <link linkend="jpeg-controls">JPEG compression
+ control class.</link>
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>3.3</revnumber>
+ <date>2012-01-11</date>
+ <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities.</revremark>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
<revnumber>3.2</revnumber>
<date>2011-08-26</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
@@ -417,7 +433,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
</partinfo>
<title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title>
- <subtitle>Revision 3.2</subtitle>
+ <subtitle>Revision 3.3</subtitle>
<chapter id="common">
&sub-common;
@@ -473,6 +489,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
&sub-cropcap;
&sub-dbg-g-chip-ident;
&sub-dbg-g-register;
+ &sub-decoder-cmd;
&sub-dqevent;
&sub-encoder-cmd;
&sub-enumaudio;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74b87f6e480a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-decoder-cmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+<refentry id="vidioc-decoder-cmd">
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD, VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD</refentrytitle>
+ &manvol;
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD</refname>
+ <refname>VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Execute an decoder command</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>struct v4l2_decoder_cmd *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Arguments</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>&fd;</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD, VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Experimental</title>
+
+ <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental">experimental</link>
+interface and may change in the future.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>These ioctls control an audio/video (usually MPEG-) decoder.
+<constant>VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD</constant> sends a command to the
+decoder, <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD</constant> can be used to
+try a command without actually executing it. To send a command applications
+must initialize all fields of a &v4l2-decoder-cmd; and call
+<constant>VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD</constant> or <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD</constant>
+with a pointer to this structure.</para>
+
+ <para>The <structfield>cmd</structfield> field must contain the
+command code. Some commands use the <structfield>flags</structfield> field for
+additional information.
+</para>
+
+ <para>A <function>write</function>() or &VIDIOC-STREAMON; call sends an implicit
+START command to the decoder if it has not been started yet.
+</para>
+
+ <para>A <function>close</function>() or &VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; call of a streaming
+file descriptor sends an implicit immediate STOP command to the decoder, and all
+buffered data is discarded.</para>
+
+ <para>These ioctls are optional, not all drivers may support
+them. They were introduced in Linux 3.3.</para>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-decoder-cmd">
+ <title>struct <structname>v4l2_decoder_cmd</structname></title>
+ <tgroup cols="5">
+ &cs-str;
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>cmd</structfield></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>The decoder command, see <xref linkend="decoder-cmds" />.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Flags to go with the command. If no flags are defined for
+this command, drivers and applications must set this field to zero.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>union</entry>
+ <entry>(anonymous)</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>struct</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>start</structfield></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Structure containing additional data for the
+<constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_START</constant> command.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>__s32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>speed</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Playback speed and direction. The playback speed is defined as
+<structfield>speed</structfield>/1000 of the normal speed. So 1000 is normal playback.
+Negative numbers denote reverse playback, so -1000 does reverse playback at normal
+speed. Speeds -1, 0 and 1 have special meanings: speed 0 is shorthand for 1000
+(normal playback). A speed of 1 steps just one frame forward, a speed of -1 steps
+just one frame back.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>format</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Format restrictions. This field is set by the driver, not the
+application. Possible values are <constant>V4L2_DEC_START_FMT_NONE</constant> if
+there are no format restrictions or <constant>V4L2_DEC_START_FMT_GOP</constant>
+if the decoder operates on full GOPs (<wordasword>Group Of Pictures</wordasword>).
+This is usually the case for reverse playback: the decoder needs full GOPs, which
+it can then play in reverse order. So to implement reverse playback the application
+must feed the decoder the last GOP in the video file, then the GOP before that, etc. etc.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>struct</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>stop</structfield></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Structure containing additional data for the
+<constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP</constant> command.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>__u64</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>pts</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Stop playback at this <structfield>pts</structfield> or immediately
+if the playback is already past that timestamp. Leave to 0 if you want to stop after the
+last frame was decoded.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>struct</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>raw</structfield></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>data</structfield>[16]</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and
+applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="decoder-cmds">
+ <title>Decoder Commands</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ &cs-def;
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_START</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry>Start the decoder. When the decoder is already
+running or paused, this command will just change the playback speed.
+That means that calling <constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_START</constant> when
+the decoder was paused will <emphasis>not</emphasis> resume the decoder.
+You have to explicitly call <constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_RESUME</constant> for that.
+This command has one flag:
+<constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_START_MUTE_AUDIO</constant>. If set, then audio will
+be muted when playing back at a non-standard speed.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP</constant></entry>
+ <entry>1</entry>
+ <entry>Stop the decoder. When the decoder is already stopped,
+this command does nothing. This command has two flags:
+if <constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP_TO_BLACK</constant> is set, then the decoder will
+set the picture to black after it stopped decoding. Otherwise the last image will
+repeat. If <constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_STOP_IMMEDIATELY</constant> is set, then the decoder
+stops immediately (ignoring the <structfield>pts</structfield> value), otherwise it
+will keep decoding until timestamp >= pts or until the last of the pending data from
+its internal buffers was decoded.
+</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_PAUSE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>2</entry>
+ <entry>Pause the decoder. When the decoder has not been
+started yet, the driver will return an &EPERM;. When the decoder is
+already paused, this command does nothing. This command has one flag:
+if <constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_PAUSE_TO_BLACK</constant> is set, then set the
+decoder output to black when paused.
+</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_DEC_CMD_RESUME</constant></entry>
+ <entry>3</entry>
+ <entry>Resume decoding after a PAUSE command. When the
+decoder has not been started yet, the driver will return an &EPERM;.
+When the decoder is already running, this command does nothing. No
+flags are defined for this command.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ &return-value;
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The <structfield>cmd</structfield> field is invalid.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><errorcode>EPERM</errorcode></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The application sent a PAUSE or RESUME command when
+the decoder was not running.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-encoder-cmd.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-encoder-cmd.xml
index af7f3f2a36dd..f431b3ba79bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-encoder-cmd.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-encoder-cmd.xml
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@ only used by the STOP command and contains one bit: If the
encoding will continue until the end of the current <wordasword>Group
Of Pictures</wordasword>, otherwise it will stop immediately.</para>
- <para>A <function>read</function>() call sends a START command to
-the encoder if it has not been started yet. After a STOP command,
+ <para>A <function>read</function>() or &VIDIOC-STREAMON; call sends an implicit
+START command to the encoder if it has not been started yet. After a STOP command,
<function>read</function>() calls will read the remaining data
buffered by the driver. When the buffer is empty,
<function>read</function>() will return zero and the next
<function>read</function>() call will restart the encoder.</para>
- <para>A <function>close</function>() call sends an immediate STOP
-to the encoder, and all buffered data is discarded.</para>
+ <para>A <function>close</function>() or &VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; call of a streaming
+file descriptor sends an implicit immediate STOP to the encoder, and all buffered
+data is discarded.</para>
<para>These ioctls are optional, not all drivers may support
them. They were introduced in Linux 2.6.21.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-jpegcomp.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-jpegcomp.xml
index 01ea24b84385..48748499c097 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-jpegcomp.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-jpegcomp.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
+ <para>These ioctls are <emphasis role="bold">deprecated</emphasis>.
+ New drivers and applications should use <link linkend="jpeg-controls">
+ JPEG class controls</link> for image quality and JPEG markers control.
+ </para>
+
<para>[to do]</para>
<para>Ronald Bultje elaborates:</para>
@@ -86,7 +91,10 @@ to add them.</para>
<row>
<entry>int</entry>
<entry><structfield>quality</structfield></entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Deprecated. If <link linkend="jpeg-quality-control"><constant>
+ V4L2_CID_JPEG_IMAGE_QUALITY</constant></link> control is exposed by
+ a driver applications should use it instead and ignore this field.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>int</entry>
@@ -116,7 +124,11 @@ to add them.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>jpeg_markers</structfield></entry>
- <entry>See <xref linkend="jpeg-markers" />.</entry>
+ <entry>See <xref linkend="jpeg-markers"/>. Deprecated.
+ If <link linkend="jpeg-active-marker-control"><constant>
+ V4L2_CID_JPEG_ACTIVE_MARKER</constant></link> control
+ is exposed by a driver applications should use it instead
+ and ignore this field.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
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 @@
<para>The ioctls are used to query and configure selection rectangles.</para>
-<para> To query the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type. Do not
-use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
+<para> To query the cropping (composing) rectangle set &v4l2-selection;
+<structfield> type </structfield> field to the respective buffer type.
+Do not use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
-setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value
-<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
+setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> field
+to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
-targets. Fields <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> and
-<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> are ignored and they
-must be filled with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or
+targets. The <structfield>flags</structfield> and <structfield>reserved
+</structfield> fields of &v4l2-selection; are ignored and they must be filled
+with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or
returns &EINVAL; if incorrect buffer type or target was used. If cropping
(composing) is not supported then the active rectangle is not mutable and it is
-always equal to the bounds rectangle. Finally, structure <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> is filled with the current cropping
+always equal to the bounds rectangle. Finally, the &v4l2-rect;
+<structfield>r</structfield> rectangle is filled with the current cropping
(composing) coordinates. The coordinates are expressed in driver-dependent
units. The only exception are rectangles for images in raw formats, whose
coordinates are always expressed in pixels. </para>
-<para> To change the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type. Do not
+<para> To change the cropping (composing) rectangle set the &v4l2-selection;
+<structfield>type</structfield> field to the respective buffer type. Do not
use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
-setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value
-<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
+setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> to
+<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant> (<constant>
V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
-targets. Set desired active area into the field <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield>. Field <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> is ignored and must be filled with
-zeros. The driver may adjust the rectangle coordinates. An application may
-introduce constraints to control rounding behaviour. Set the field
-<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> to one of values:
+targets. The &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle need to be
+set to the desired active area. Field &v4l2-selection; <structfield> reserved
+</structfield> is ignored and must be filled with zeros. The driver may adjust
+coordinates of the requested rectangle. An application may
+introduce constraints to control rounding behaviour. The &v4l2-selection;
+<structfield>flags</structfield> field must be set to one of the following:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ and vertical offset and sizes are chosen according to following priority:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Satisfy constraints from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::flags</structfield>.</para>
+ <para>Satisfy constraints from &v4l2-selection; <structfield>flags</structfield>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<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:
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
-On success the field <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> contains
+On success the &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> field contains
the adjusted rectangle. When the parameters are unsuitable the application may
modify the cropping (composing) or image parameters and repeat the cycle until
satisfactory parameters have been negotiated. If constraints flags have to be
@@ -162,38 +162,38 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
- <entry>area that is currently cropped by hardware</entry>
+ <entry>0x0000</entry>
+ <entry>The area that is currently cropped by hardware.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>1</entry>
- <entry>suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry>
+ <entry>0x0001</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>2</entry>
- <entry>limits for the cropping rectangle</entry>
+ <entry>0x0002</entry>
+ <entry>Limits for the cropping rectangle.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>256</entry>
- <entry>area to which data are composed by hardware</entry>
+ <entry>0x0100</entry>
+ <entry>The area to which data is composed by hardware.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>257</entry>
- <entry>suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry>
+ <entry>0x0101</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>258</entry>
- <entry>limits for the composing rectangle</entry>
+ <entry>0x0102</entry>
+ <entry>Limits for the composing rectangle.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
- <entry>259</entry>
- <entry>the active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by the hardware</entry>
+ <entry>0x0103</entry>
+ <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by hardware.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -209,12 +209,14 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
<entry>0x00000001</entry>
- <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must contain a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must contain the original
+ &v4l2-selection; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
<entry>0x00000002</entry>
- <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must be inside a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Indicates that the adjusted rectangle must be inside the original
+ &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -245,27 +247,29 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Type of the buffer (from &v4l2-buf-type;)</entry>
+ <entry>Type of the buffer (from &v4l2-buf-type;).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry>
- <entry>used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping and composing rectangles </link></entry>
+ <entry>Used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping
+ and composing rectangles</link>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
- <entry>control over coordinates adjustments, refer to <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link></entry>
+ <entry>Flags controlling the selection rectangle adjustments, refer to
+ <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry>
<entry><structfield>r</structfield></entry>
- <entry>selection rectangle</entry>
+ <entry>The selection rectangle.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved[9]</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Reserved fields for future use</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved fields for future use.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -278,24 +282,24 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The buffer <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::type </structfield>
-or <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> is not supported, or
-the <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> are invalid.</para>
+ <para>Given buffer type <structfield>type</structfield> or
+the selection target <structfield>target</structfield> is not supported,
+or the <structfield>flags</structfield> argument is not valid.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
- <para>it is not possible to adjust a rectangle <structfield>
-&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> that satisfies all contraints from
-<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield>.</para>
+ <para>It is not possible to adjust &v4l2-rect; <structfield>
+r</structfield> rectangle to satisfy all contraints given in the
+<structfield>flags</structfield> argument.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
- <para>it is not possible to apply change of selection rectangle at the moment.
-Usually because streaming is in progress.</para>
+ <para>It is not possible to apply change of the selection rectangle
+at the moment. Usually because streaming is in progress.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
index e3664d6f2de4..4643505cd4ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
@@ -124,12 +124,35 @@ printf ("Version: %u.%u.%u\n",
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>capabilities</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Device capabilities, see <xref
- linkend="device-capabilities" />.</entry>
+ <entry>Available capabilities of the physical device as a whole, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. The same physical device can export
+ multiple devices in /dev (e.g. /dev/videoX, /dev/vbiY and /dev/radioZ).
+ The <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field should contain a union
+ of all capabilities available around the several V4L2 devices exported
+ to userspace.
+ For all those devices the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field
+ returns the same set of capabilities. This allows applications to open
+ just one of the devices (typically the video device) and discover whether
+ video, vbi and/or radio are also supported.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
- <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[4]</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>device_caps</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Device capabilities of the opened device, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. Should contain the available capabilities
+ of that specific device node. So, for example, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ of a radio device will only contain radio related capabilities and
+ no video or vbi capabilities. This field is only set if the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field contains the <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability.
+ Only the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field can have the
+ <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ will never set <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[3]</entry>
<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set
this array to zero.</entry>
</row>
@@ -276,6 +299,13 @@ linkend="async">asynchronous</link> I/O methods.</entry>
<entry>The device supports the <link
linkend="mmap">streaming</link> I/O method.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x80000000</entry>
+ <entry>The driver fills the <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ field. This capability can only appear in the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field and never in the <structfield>device_caps</structfield> field.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
index e013da845b11..18b1a8266f7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ field and the &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>index</structfield> field.</entry>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[7]</entry>
- <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and
- applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Applications
+ must set the array to zero.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ field and the &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>index</structfield> field.</entry>
<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
<para>The <structfield>tuner</structfield> index is out of
-bounds or the value in the <structfield>type</structfield> field is
+bounds, the wrap_around value is not supported or the value in the <structfield>type</structfield> field is
wrong.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>