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authorAntti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>2015-10-10 19:51:01 +0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>2015-10-20 20:42:01 +0300
commitbe8ee526fb0b91681fb02d69d2a642a6ec2f2377 (patch)
treebc27edbbb69f24732d04ab54ca1f69582c6dae82 /Documentation/DocBook
parent9effc72fd71b6e8fd2676bcb57fac3f05ab93043 (diff)
downloadlinux-be8ee526fb0b91681fb02d69d2a642a6ec2f2377.tar.xz
[media] DocBook: document SDR transmitter
Add documentation for V4L SDR transmitter (output) devices. Signed-off-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml6
7 files changed, 42 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index 6c4e95146d16..5701a08ed792 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -2604,6 +2604,10 @@ and &v4l2-mbus-framefmt;.
<para>Added <constant>V4L2_CID_RF_TUNER_RF_GAIN</constant>
RF Tuner control.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Added transmitter support for Software Defined Radio (SDR)
+Interface.</para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml
index 3344921354e8..a659771f7b7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ Devices supporting the SDR receiver interface set the
<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability;
returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. That flag means the device has an
Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), which is a mandatory element for the SDR receiver.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+Devices supporting the SDR transmitter interface set the
+<constant>V4L2_CAP_SDR_OUTPUT</constant> and
+<constant>V4L2_CAP_MODULATOR</constant> flag in the
+<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability;
+returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. That flag means the device has an
+Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), which is a mandatory element for the SDR transmitter.
+ </para>
+ <para>
At least one of the read/write, streaming or asynchronous I/O methods must
be supported.
</para>
@@ -39,14 +49,15 @@ be supported.
<para>
SDR devices can support <link linkend="control">controls</link>, and must
support the <link linkend="tuner">tuner</link> ioctls. Tuner ioctls are used
-for setting the ADC sampling rate (sampling frequency) and the possible RF tuner
-frequency.
+for setting the ADC/DAC sampling rate (sampling frequency) and the possible
+radio frequency (RF).
</para>
<para>
-The <constant>V4L2_TUNER_SDR</constant> tuner type is used for SDR tuners, and
-the <constant>V4L2_TUNER_RF</constant> tuner type is used for RF tuners. The
-tuner index of the RF tuner (if any) must always follow the SDR tuner index.
+The <constant>V4L2_TUNER_SDR</constant> tuner type is used for setting SDR
+device ADC/DAC frequency, and the <constant>V4L2_TUNER_RF</constant>
+tuner type is used for setting radio frequency.
+The tuner index of the RF tuner (if any) must always follow the SDR tuner index.
Normally the SDR tuner is #0 and the RF tuner is #1.
</para>
@@ -59,9 +70,9 @@ The &VIDIOC-S-HW-FREQ-SEEK; ioctl is not supported.
<title>Data Format Negotiation</title>
<para>
-The SDR capture device uses the <link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls to
-select the capture format. Both the sampling resolution and the data streaming
-format are bound to that selectable format. In addition to the basic
+The SDR device uses the <link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls to
+select the capture and output format. Both the sampling resolution and the data
+streaming format are bound to that selectable format. In addition to the basic
<link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls, the &VIDIOC-ENUM-FMT; ioctl
must be supported as well.
</para>
@@ -69,7 +80,8 @@ must be supported as well.
<para>
To use the <link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls applications set the
<structfield>type</structfield> field of a &v4l2-format; to
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE</constant> and use the &v4l2-sdr-format;
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE</constant> or
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_OUTPUT</constant> and use the &v4l2-sdr-format;
<structfield>sdr</structfield> member of the <structfield>fmt</structfield>
union as needed per the desired operation.
Currently there is two fields, <structfield>pixelformat</structfield> and
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index 7bbc2a48911e..da654031ef3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -1006,8 +1006,14 @@ must set this to 0.</entry>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE</constant></entry>
<entry>11</entry>
- <entry>Buffer for Software Defined Radio (SDR), see <xref
- linkend="sdr" />.</entry>
+ <entry>Buffer for Software Defined Radio (SDR) capture stream, see
+ <xref linkend="sdr" />.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_OUTPUT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>12</entry>
+ <entry>Buffer for Software Defined Radio (SDR) output stream, see
+ <xref linkend="sdr" />.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
index 70cd0fd02e12..d871245d2973 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ extended control <constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_STREAM_TYPE</constant>, see
<section id="sdr-formats">
<title>SDR Formats</title>
- <para>These formats are used for <link linkend="sdr">SDR Capture</link>
+ <para>These formats are used for <link linkend="sdr">SDR</link>
interface only.</para>
&sub-sdr-cu08;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 9cc4117644fc..0ceea3f5bf3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ applications. -->
<authorinitials>ap</authorinitials>
<revremark>Renamed V4L2_TUNER_ADC to V4L2_TUNER_SDR.
Added V4L2_CID_RF_TUNER_RF_GAIN control.
+Added transmitter support for Software Defined Radio (SDR) Interface.
</revremark>
</revision>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml
index 4fe19a7a9a31..ffcb448251f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ capture and output devices.</entry>
<entry>&v4l2-sdr-format;</entry>
<entry><structfield>sdr</structfield></entry>
<entry>Definition of a data format, see
-<xref linkend="pixfmt" />, used by SDR capture devices.</entry>
+<xref linkend="pixfmt" />, used by SDR capture and output devices.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
index 20fda75a012d..cd82148dedd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ modulator programming see
fields.</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_SDR_OUTPUT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x00400000</entry>
+ <entry>The device supports the
+<link linkend="sdr">SDR Output</link> interface.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_READWRITE</constant></entry>
<entry>0x01000000</entry>
<entry>The device supports the <link