[media] V4L: document the new VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS and VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF ioctl()s
authorGuennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:10:58 +0000 (08:10 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:28:27 +0000 (18:28 -0200)
[mchehab@redhat.com: remove emacs format crap at the end of the new files]
Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml [new file with mode: 0644]

index 91410b6e7e08cf6a3eaabb036fb3e90c4983f6e2..b68698f96e7f723b07c0005a2a1f955df724a73b 100644 (file)
@@ -2486,6 +2486,9 @@ ioctls.</para>
         <listitem>
          <para>Flash API. <xref linkend="flash-controls" /></para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>&VIDIOC-CREATE-BUFS; and &VIDIOC-PREPARE-BUF; ioctls.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </section>
 
index c57d1ec6291cf00c7a3a2f87f13c84c0b53d5468..3f47df1aa54aba5d9c46ab57533a2ddfe9fe3461 100644 (file)
@@ -927,6 +927,33 @@ ioctl is called.</entry>
 Applications set or clear this flag before calling the
 <constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl.</entry>
          </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED</constant></entry>
+           <entry>0x0400</entry>
+           <entry>The buffer has been prepared for I/O and can be queued by the
+application. Drivers set or clear this flag when the
+<link linkend="vidioc-querybuf">VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</link>, <link
+         linkend="vidioc-qbuf">VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</link>, <link
+         linkend="vidioc-qbuf">VIDIOC_QBUF</link> or <link
+         linkend="vidioc-qbuf">VIDIOC_DQBUF</link> ioctl is called.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant></entry>
+           <entry>0x0400</entry>
+           <entry>Caches do not have to be invalidated for this buffer.
+Typically applications shall use this flag if the data captured in the buffer
+is not going to be touched by the CPU, instead the buffer will, probably, be
+passed on to a DMA-capable hardware unit for further processing or output.
+</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant></entry>
+           <entry>0x0800</entry>
+           <entry>Caches do not have to be cleaned for this buffer.
+Typically applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data
+in this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some DMA-capable unit,
+in which case caches have not been used.</entry>
+         </row>
        </tbody>
       </tgroup>
     </table>
index 40132c2776476a582bdf0eff818fc81c5f007c0f..2ab365c10fb91083b9defe3e57d215cae8688450 100644 (file)
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-close;
     &sub-ioctl;
     <!-- All ioctls go here. -->
+    &sub-create-bufs;
     &sub-cropcap;
     &sub-dbg-g-chip-ident;
     &sub-dbg-g-register;
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-queryctrl;
     &sub-query-dv-preset;
     &sub-querystd;
+    &sub-prepare-buf;
     &sub-reqbufs;
     &sub-s-hw-freq-seek;
     &sub-streamon;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..73ae8a6
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<refentry id="vidioc-create-bufs">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Create buffers for Memory Mapped or User Pointer 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>struct v4l2_create_buffers *<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_CREATE_BUFS</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para></para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>This ioctl is used to create buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>
+I/O. It can be used as an alternative or in addition to the
+<constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant> ioctl, when a tighter control over buffers
+is required. This ioctl can be called multiple times to create buffers of
+different sizes.</para>
+
+    <para>To allocate device buffers applications initialize relevant fields of
+the <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname> structure. They set the
+<structfield>type</structfield> field in the
+<structname>v4l2_format</structname> structure, embedded in this
+structure, to the respective stream or buffer type.
+<structfield>count</structfield> must be set to the number of required buffers.
+<structfield>memory</structfield> specifies the required I/O method. The
+<structfield>format</structfield> field shall typically be filled in using
+either the <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> or
+<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> ioctl(). Additionally, applications can adjust
+<structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields to fit their specific needs. The
+<structfield>reserved</structfield> array must be zeroed.</para>
+
+    <para>When the ioctl is called with a pointer to this structure the driver
+will attempt to allocate up to the requested number of buffers and store the
+actual number allocated and the starting index in the
+<structfield>count</structfield> and the <structfield>index</structfield> fields
+respectively. On return <structfield>count</structfield> can be smaller than
+the number requested. The driver may also increase buffer sizes if required,
+however, it will not update <structfield>sizeimage</structfield> field values.
+The user has to use <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</constant> to retrieve that
+information.</para>
+
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-create-buffers">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+       &cs-str;
+       <tbody valign="top">
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
+           <entry>The starting buffer index, returned by the driver.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
+           <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>&v4l2-memory;</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>memory</structfield></entry>
+           <entry>Applications set this field to
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP</constant> or
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR</constant>.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>&v4l2-format;</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>format</structfield></entry>
+           <entry>Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[8]</entry>
+           <entry>A place holder for future extensions.</entry>
+         </row>
+       </tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>No memory to allocate buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> I/O.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>The buffer type (<structfield>type</structfield> field) or the
+requested I/O method (<structfield>memory</structfield>) is not
+supported.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.xml
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..7bde698
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<refentry id="vidioc-prepare-buf">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Prepare a buffer for 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>struct v4l2_buffer *<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_PREPARE_BUF</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para></para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>Applications can optionally call the
+<constant>VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF</constant> ioctl to pass ownership of the buffer
+to the driver before actually enqueuing it, using the
+<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl, and to prepare it for future I/O.
+Such preparations may include cache invalidation or cleaning. Performing them
+in advance saves time during the actual I/O. In case such cache operations are
+not required, the application can use one of
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE</constant> and
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN</constant> flags to skip the respective
+step.</para>
+
+    <para>The <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> structure is
+specified in <xref linkend="buffer" />.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>File I/O is in progress.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>The buffer <structfield>type</structfield> is not
+supported, or the <structfield>index</structfield> is out of bounds,
+or no buffers have been allocated yet, or the
+<structfield>userptr</structfield> or
+<structfield>length</structfield> are invalid.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>