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author | Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> | 2014-03-07 18:17:33 +0400 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com> | 2014-03-11 17:13:58 +0400 |
commit | e25436581f4117a0df9bf5539f6a7702a78df317 (patch) | |
tree | 3e06304a9ba175ad5f181f7da0ae45453aee3116 /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-edid.xml | |
parent | b09dfac83201812bf359e32a17afc7f6763ae379 (diff) | |
download | linux-e25436581f4117a0df9bf5539f6a7702a78df317.tar.xz |
[media] DocBook v4l2: update the G/S_EDID documentation
Document that it is now possible to call G/S_EDID from video nodes, not
just sub-device nodes. Add a note that -EINVAL will be returned if
the pad does not support EDIDs.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-edid.xml')
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-edid.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-edid.xml deleted file mode 100644 index bbd18f0e6ede..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-edid.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,152 +0,0 @@ -<refentry id="vidioc-subdev-g-edid"> - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_EDID, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_EDID</refentrytitle> - &manvol; - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_EDID</refname> - <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_EDID</refname> - <refpurpose>Get or set the EDID of a video receiver/transmitter</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_subdev_edid *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> - </funcprototype> - </funcsynopsis> - <funcsynopsis> - <funcprototype> - <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>const struct v4l2_subdev_edid *<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_SUBDEV_G_EDID, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_EDID</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - <para>These ioctls can be used to get or set an EDID associated with an input pad - from a receiver or an output pad of a transmitter subdevice.</para> - - <para>To get the EDID data the application has to fill in the <structfield>pad</structfield>, - <structfield>start_block</structfield>, <structfield>blocks</structfield> and <structfield>edid</structfield> - fields and call <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_EDID</constant>. The current EDID from block - <structfield>start_block</structfield> and of size <structfield>blocks</structfield> - will be placed in the memory <structfield>edid</structfield> points to. The <structfield>edid</structfield> - pointer must point to memory at least <structfield>blocks</structfield> * 128 bytes - large (the size of one block is 128 bytes).</para> - - <para>If there are fewer blocks than specified, then the driver will set <structfield>blocks</structfield> - to the actual number of blocks. If there are no EDID blocks available at all, then the error code - ENODATA is set.</para> - - <para>If blocks have to be retrieved from the sink, then this call will block until they - have been read.</para> - - <para>To set the EDID blocks of a receiver the application has to fill in the <structfield>pad</structfield>, - <structfield>blocks</structfield> and <structfield>edid</structfield> fields and set - <structfield>start_block</structfield> to 0. It is not possible to set part of an EDID, - it is always all or nothing. Setting the EDID data is only valid for receivers as it makes - no sense for a transmitter.</para> - - <para>The driver assumes that the full EDID is passed in. If there are more EDID blocks than - the hardware can handle then the EDID is not written, but instead the error code E2BIG is set - and <structfield>blocks</structfield> is set to the maximum that the hardware supports. - If <structfield>start_block</structfield> is any - value other than 0 then the error code EINVAL is set.</para> - - <para>To disable an EDID you set <structfield>blocks</structfield> to 0. Depending on the - hardware this will drive the hotplug pin low and/or block the source from reading the EDID - data in some way. In any case, the end result is the same: the EDID is no longer available. - </para> - - <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-subdev-edid"> - <title>struct <structname>v4l2_subdev_edid</structname></title> - <tgroup cols="3"> - &cs-str; - <tbody valign="top"> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>pad</structfield></entry> - <entry>Pad for which to get/set the EDID blocks.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>start_block</structfield></entry> - <entry>Read the EDID from starting with this block. Must be 0 when setting - the EDID.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>blocks</structfield></entry> - <entry>The number of blocks to get or set. Must be less or equal to 256 (the - maximum number of blocks as defined by the standard). When you set the EDID and - <structfield>blocks</structfield> is 0, then the EDID is disabled or erased.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u8 *</entry> - <entry><structfield>edid</structfield></entry> - <entry>Pointer to memory that contains the EDID. The minimum size is - <structfield>blocks</structfield> * 128.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[5]</entry> - <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must - set the array to zero.</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - &return-value; - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><errorcode>ENODATA</errorcode></term> - <listitem> - <para>The EDID data is not available.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><errorcode>E2BIG</errorcode></term> - <listitem> - <para>The EDID data you provided is more than the hardware can handle.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> -</refentry> |