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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 17:40:06 +0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 17:59:40 +0300 |
commit | 60c2820d0f6d3497975b6488e2599f8f611d8b95 (patch) | |
tree | b3b03707c6438ea9b99cc57e847ebf517f968ab1 /Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst | |
parent | a97369b5e21ea9b8b5fef7c0f4f48bbe60c07ca3 (diff) | |
download | linux-60c2820d0f6d3497975b6488e2599f8f611d8b95.tar.xz |
doc_rst: rename the media Sphinx suff to Documentation/media
The name of the subsystem is "media", and not "linux_tv". Also,
as we plan to add other stuff there in the future, let's
rename also the media uAPI book to media_uapi, to make it
clearer.
No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..338b80df5b9b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: + +***************************** +ioctl VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS +***************************** + +Name +==== + +VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - Sense the DV preset received by the current input + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, struct v4l2_dv_timings *argp ) + + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`. + +``request`` + VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS + +``argp`` + + +Description +=========== + +The hardware may be able to detect the current DV timings automatically, +similar to sensing the video standard. To do so, applications call +:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS` with a pointer to a struct +:ref:`v4l2_dv_timings <v4l2-dv-timings>`. Once the hardware detects +the timings, it will fill in the timings structure. + +Please note that drivers shall *not* switch timings automatically if new +timings are detected. Instead, drivers should send the +``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` event (if they support this) and expect +that userspace will take action by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`. +The reason is that new timings usually mean different buffer sizes as +well, and you cannot change buffer sizes on the fly. In general, +applications that receive the Source Change event will have to call +:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`, and if the detected timings are valid they +will have to stop streaming, set the new timings, allocate new buffers +and start streaming again. + +If the timings could not be detected because there was no signal, then +ENOLINK is returned. If a signal was detected, but it was unstable and +the receiver could not lock to the signal, then ``ENOLCK`` is returned. If +the receiver could lock to the signal, but the format is unsupported +(e.g. because the pixelclock is out of range of the hardware +capabilities), then the driver fills in whatever timings it could find +and returns ``ERANGE``. In that case the application can call +:ref:`VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP` to compare the +found timings with the hardware's capabilities in order to give more +precise feedback to the user. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. + +ENODATA + Digital video timings are not supported for this input or output. + +ENOLINK + No timings could be detected because no signal was found. + +ENOLCK + The signal was unstable and the hardware could not lock on to it. + +ERANGE + Timings were found, but they are out of range of the hardware + capabilities. |