From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 23:50:45 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] doc-rst: add documentation for uvcvideo X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a965d2024fe6f45a33462a62826c23a2175f3d5a;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git [media] doc-rst: add documentation for uvcvideo Convert it to ReST and add to media/v4l-drivers book. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst index a982d73abcb6..90224e0231df 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/index.rst @@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ License". si4713 si476x soc-camera + uvcvideo zr364xx diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/uvcvideo.rst b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/uvcvideo.rst index 35ce19cddcf8..d68b3d59a4b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/uvcvideo.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/uvcvideo.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Linux USB Video Class (UVC) driver -================================== +The Linux USB Video Class (UVC) driver +====================================== This file documents some driver-specific aspects of the UVC driver, such as driver-specific ioctls and implementation notes. @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de. Extension Unit (XU) support --------------------------- -1. Introduction +Introduction +~~~~~~~~~~~~ The UVC specification allows for vendor-specific extensions through extension units (XUs). The Linux UVC driver supports extension unit controls (XU controls) @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ maximum flexibility. Both mechanisms complement each other and are described in more detail below. -2. Control mappings +Control mappings +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The UVC driver provides an API for user space applications to define so-called control mappings at runtime. These allow for individual XU controls or byte @@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ For details on the UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY ioctl please refer to the section titled "IOCTL reference" below. -4. Security +Security +~~~~~~~~ The API doesn't currently provide a fine-grained access control facility. The UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD and UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP ioctls require super user permissions. @@ -90,20 +93,24 @@ UVCIOC_CTRL_ADD and UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP ioctls require super user permissions. Suggestions on how to improve this are welcome. -5. Debugging +Debugging +~~~~~~~~~ In order to debug problems related to XU controls or controls in general it is recommended to enable the UVC_TRACE_CONTROL bit in the module parameter 'trace'. This causes extra output to be written into the system log. -6. IOCTL reference +IOCTL reference +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP - Map a UVC control to a V4L2 control ---- +UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP - Map a UVC control to a V4L2 control +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Argument: struct uvc_xu_control_mapping -Description: +**Description**: + This ioctl creates a mapping between a UVC control or part of a UVC control and a V4L2 control. Once mappings are defined, userspace applications can access vendor-defined UVC control through the V4L2 @@ -122,7 +129,8 @@ Description: For signed integer V4L2 controls the data_type field should be set to UVC_CTRL_DATA_TYPE_SIGNED. Other values are currently ignored. -Return value: +**Return value**: + On success 0 is returned. On error -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. @@ -137,7 +145,10 @@ Return value: EEXIST Mapping already exists. -Data types: +**Data types**: + +.. code-block:: none + * struct uvc_xu_control_mapping __u32 id V4L2 control identifier @@ -170,11 +181,12 @@ Data types: UVC_CTRL_DATA_TYPE_BITMASK Bitmask ----- UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY - Query a UVC XU control ---- - +UVCIOC_CTRL_QUERY - Query a UVC XU control +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Argument: struct uvc_xu_control_query -Description: +**Description**: + This ioctl queries a UVC XU control identified by its extension unit ID and control selector. @@ -213,7 +225,8 @@ Description: important for the result of the UVC_GET_LEN requests, which is always returned as a little-endian 16-bit integer by the device. -Return value: +**Return value**: + On success 0 is returned. On error -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. @@ -229,7 +242,10 @@ Return value: EFAULT The data pointer references an inaccessible memory area. -Data types: +**Data types**: + +.. code-block:: none + * struct uvc_xu_control_query __u8 unit Extension unit ID