From 5d273c7513ed1cd39611b037378a73295bd11a7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Ribalda Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:10:32 -0200 Subject: [PATCH] [media] Docbook: media: Document changes on struct v4l2_ext_controls Vidioc-g-ext-ctrls can now be used to get the default value of the controls. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml | 10 +++++++++ .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml index 7e61643358de..42e626d6c936 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml @@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ Rubli, Andy Walls, Muralidharan Karicheri, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter (compat.xml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and applications. --> + + 4.5 + 2015-10-29 + rr + Extend vidioc-g-ext-ctrls;. Replace ctrl_class with a new +union with ctrl_class and which. Which is used to select the current value of +the control or the default value. + + + 4.4 2015-05-26 diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml index 47f9fee91442..eb82f7e7d06b 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml @@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ Valid if V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD is set for this control &cs-str; + + union + (anonymous) + + __u32 ctrl_class The control class to which all controls belong, see @@ -233,6 +238,23 @@ belong to any control class. Whether drivers support this can be tested by setti ctrl_class to 0 and calling VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS with a count of 0. If that succeeds, then the driver supports this feature. + + + + __u32 + which + Which value of the control to get/set/try. V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL +will return the current value of the control and V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL will +return the default value of the control. Please note that you can only get the default value of the +control, you cannot set or try it. +For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here (see +). In that case all controls have to belong to that +control class. This usage is deprecated, instead just use V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL. +There are some very old drivers that do not yet support V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL +and that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers by setting ctrl_class to +V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL and calling VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS with a count of 0. +If that fails, then the driver does not support V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL. + __u32