kernel_optimize_test/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml
Laurent Pinchart 333c8b9778 [media] v4l: v4l2_subdev userspace format API
Add a userspace API to get, set and enumerate the media format on a
subdev pad.

The format at the output of a subdev usually depends on the format at
its input(s). The try format operation is thus not suitable for probing
format at individual pads, as it can't modify the device state and thus
can't remember the format tried at the input to compute the output
format.

To fix the problem, pass an extra argument to the get/set format
operations to select the 'try' or 'active' format.

The try format is used when probing the subdev. Setting the try format
must not change the device configuration but can store data for later
reuse. Data storage is provided at the file-handle level so applications
probing the subdev concurently won't interfere with each other.

The active format is used when configuring the subdev. It's identical to
the format handled by the usual get/set operations.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@mm-sol.com>
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2011-03-22 04:53:31 -03:00

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<refentry id="vidioc-streamon">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_STREAMON, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</refentrytitle>
&manvol;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VIDIOC_STREAMON</refname>
<refname>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</refname>
<refpurpose>Start or stop streaming I/O</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const int *<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_STREAMON, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> and
<constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> ioctl start and stop the capture
or output process during streaming (<link linkend="mmap">memory
mapping</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>) I/O.</para>
<para>Specifically the capture hardware is disabled and no input
buffers are filled (if there are any empty buffers in the incoming
queue) until <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> has been called.
Accordingly the output hardware is disabled, no video signal is
produced until <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant> has been called.
The ioctl will succeed only when at least one output buffer is in the
incoming queue.</para>
<para>The <constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant> ioctl, apart of
aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, unlocks any user pointer
buffers locked in physical memory, and it removes all buffers from the
incoming and outgoing queues. That means all images captured but not
dequeued yet will be lost, likewise all images enqueued for output but
not transmitted yet. I/O returns to the same state as after calling
&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted accordingly.</para>
<para>Both ioctls take a pointer to an integer, the desired buffer or
stream type. This is the same as &v4l2-requestbuffers;
<structfield>type</structfield>.</para>
<para>Note 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
synchronize with other events.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&return-value;
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
<para>Streaming I/O is not supported, the buffer
<structfield>type</structfield> is not supported, or no buffers have
been allocated (memory mapping) or enqueued (output) yet.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>EPIPE</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
<para>The driver implements <link
linkend="pad-level-formats">pad-level format configuration</link> and
the pipeline configuration is invalid.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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