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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml index 81cca4569050..716ea15e54a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml @@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ not transmitted yet. I/O returns to the same state as after calling stream type. This is the same as &v4l2-requestbuffers; <structfield>type</structfield>.</para> - <para>Note applications can be preempted for unknown periods right + <para>If <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> is called when streaming +is already in progress, or if <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> is called +when streaming is already stopped, then the ioctl does nothing and 0 is +returned.</para> + + <para>Note that applications can be preempted for unknown periods right before or after the <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> or <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> calls, there is no notion of starting or stopping "now". Buffer timestamps can be used to |