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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-22 06:54:48 -0300
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[media] v4l2-event.rst: add text from v4l2-framework.rst
Move the v4l2 event-specific text from v4l2-framework.rst to v4l2-event.rst. That helps to keep the text together with the functions it describes, and makes easier to identify documentation gaps. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-event.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-event.rst
index b54bd915fff6..d40aa60b8bae 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-event.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-event.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,110 @@
+
+V4L2 events
+-----------
+
+The V4L2 events provide a generic way to pass events to user space.
+The driver must use v4l2_fh to be able to support V4L2 events.
+
+Events are defined by a type and an optional ID. The ID may refer to a V4L2
+object such as a control ID. If unused, then the ID is 0.
+
+When the user subscribes to an event the driver will allocate a number of
+kevent structs for that event. So every (type, ID) event tuple will have
+its own set of kevent structs. This guarantees that if a driver is generating
+lots of events of one type in a short time, then that will not overwrite
+events of another type.
+
+But if you get more events of one type than the number of kevents that were
+reserved, then the oldest event will be dropped and the new one added.
+
+Furthermore, the internal struct v4l2_subscribed_event has merge() and
+replace() callbacks which drivers can set. These callbacks are called when
+a new event is raised and there is no more room. The replace() callback
+allows you to replace the payload of the old event with that of the new event,
+merging any relevant data from the old payload into the new payload that
+replaces it. It is called when this event type has only one kevent struct
+allocated. The merge() callback allows you to merge the oldest event payload
+into that of the second-oldest event payload. It is called when there are two
+or more kevent structs allocated.
+
+This way no status information is lost, just the intermediate steps leading
+up to that state.
+
+A good example of these replace/merge callbacks is in v4l2-event.c:
+ctrls_replace() and ctrls_merge() callbacks for the control event.
+
+Note: these callbacks can be called from interrupt context, so they must be
+fast.
+
+Useful functions:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ void v4l2_event_queue(struct video_device *vdev, const struct v4l2_event *ev)
+
+ Queue events to video device. The driver's only responsibility is to fill
+ in the type and the data fields. The other fields will be filled in by
+ V4L2.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
+ struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub, unsigned elems,
+ const struct v4l2_subscribed_event_ops *ops)
+
+ The video_device->ioctl_ops->vidioc_subscribe_event must check the driver
+ is able to produce events with specified event id. Then it calls
+ v4l2_event_subscribe() to subscribe the event.
+
+ The elems argument is the size of the event queue for this event. If it is 0,
+ then the framework will fill in a default value (this depends on the event
+ type).
+
+ The ops argument allows the driver to specify a number of callbacks:
+ * add: called when a new listener gets added (subscribing to the same
+ event twice will only cause this callback to get called once)
+ * del: called when a listener stops listening
+ * replace: replace event 'old' with event 'new'.
+ * merge: merge event 'old' into event 'new'.
+ All 4 callbacks are optional, if you don't want to specify any callbacks
+ the ops argument itself maybe NULL.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
+ struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub)
+
+ vidioc_unsubscribe_event in struct v4l2_ioctl_ops. A driver may use
+ v4l2_event_unsubscribe() directly unless it wants to be involved in
+ unsubscription process.
+
+ The special type V4L2_EVENT_ALL may be used to unsubscribe all events. The
+ drivers may want to handle this in a special way.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ int v4l2_event_pending(struct v4l2_fh *fh)
+
+ Returns the number of pending events. Useful when implementing poll.
+
+Events are delivered to user space through the poll system call. The driver
+can use v4l2_fh->wait (a wait_queue_head_t) as the argument for poll_wait().
+
+There are standard and private events. New standard events must use the
+smallest available event type. The drivers must allocate their events from
+their own class starting from class base. Class base is
+V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START + n * 1000 where n is the lowest available number.
+The first event type in the class is reserved for future use, so the first
+available event type is 'class base + 1'.
+
+An example on how the V4L2 events may be used can be found in the OMAP
+3 ISP driver (drivers/media/platform/omap3isp).
+
+A subdev can directly send an event to the v4l2_device notify function with
+V4L2_DEVICE_NOTIFY_EVENT. This allows the bridge to map the subdev that sends
+the event to the video node(s) associated with the subdev that need to be
+informed about such an event.
+
V4L2 event kAPI
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-framework.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-framework.rst
index 9204d9329124..d46380ac7c1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-framework.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-framework.rst
@@ -213,113 +213,6 @@ device node:
Same, but it calls v4l2_fh_is_singular with filp->private_data.
-
-V4L2 events
------------
-
-The V4L2 events provide a generic way to pass events to user space.
-The driver must use v4l2_fh to be able to support V4L2 events.
-
-Events are defined by a type and an optional ID. The ID may refer to a V4L2
-object such as a control ID. If unused, then the ID is 0.
-
-When the user subscribes to an event the driver will allocate a number of
-kevent structs for that event. So every (type, ID) event tuple will have
-its own set of kevent structs. This guarantees that if a driver is generating
-lots of events of one type in a short time, then that will not overwrite
-events of another type.
-
-But if you get more events of one type than the number of kevents that were
-reserved, then the oldest event will be dropped and the new one added.
-
-Furthermore, the internal struct v4l2_subscribed_event has merge() and
-replace() callbacks which drivers can set. These callbacks are called when
-a new event is raised and there is no more room. The replace() callback
-allows you to replace the payload of the old event with that of the new event,
-merging any relevant data from the old payload into the new payload that
-replaces it. It is called when this event type has only one kevent struct
-allocated. The merge() callback allows you to merge the oldest event payload
-into that of the second-oldest event payload. It is called when there are two
-or more kevent structs allocated.
-
-This way no status information is lost, just the intermediate steps leading
-up to that state.
-
-A good example of these replace/merge callbacks is in v4l2-event.c:
-ctrls_replace() and ctrls_merge() callbacks for the control event.
-
-Note: these callbacks can be called from interrupt context, so they must be
-fast.
-
-Useful functions:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- void v4l2_event_queue(struct video_device *vdev, const struct v4l2_event *ev)
-
- Queue events to video device. The driver's only responsibility is to fill
- in the type and the data fields. The other fields will be filled in by
- V4L2.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
- struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub, unsigned elems,
- const struct v4l2_subscribed_event_ops *ops)
-
- The video_device->ioctl_ops->vidioc_subscribe_event must check the driver
- is able to produce events with specified event id. Then it calls
- v4l2_event_subscribe() to subscribe the event.
-
- The elems argument is the size of the event queue for this event. If it is 0,
- then the framework will fill in a default value (this depends on the event
- type).
-
- The ops argument allows the driver to specify a number of callbacks:
- * add: called when a new listener gets added (subscribing to the same
- event twice will only cause this callback to get called once)
- * del: called when a listener stops listening
- * replace: replace event 'old' with event 'new'.
- * merge: merge event 'old' into event 'new'.
- All 4 callbacks are optional, if you don't want to specify any callbacks
- the ops argument itself maybe NULL.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
- struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub)
-
- vidioc_unsubscribe_event in struct v4l2_ioctl_ops. A driver may use
- v4l2_event_unsubscribe() directly unless it wants to be involved in
- unsubscription process.
-
- The special type V4L2_EVENT_ALL may be used to unsubscribe all events. The
- drivers may want to handle this in a special way.
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- int v4l2_event_pending(struct v4l2_fh *fh)
-
- Returns the number of pending events. Useful when implementing poll.
-
-Events are delivered to user space through the poll system call. The driver
-can use v4l2_fh->wait (a wait_queue_head_t) as the argument for poll_wait().
-
-There are standard and private events. New standard events must use the
-smallest available event type. The drivers must allocate their events from
-their own class starting from class base. Class base is
-V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START + n * 1000 where n is the lowest available number.
-The first event type in the class is reserved for future use, so the first
-available event type is 'class base + 1'.
-
-An example on how the V4L2 events may be used can be found in the OMAP
-3 ISP driver (drivers/media/platform/omap3isp).
-
-A subdev can directly send an event to the v4l2_device notify function with
-V4L2_DEVICE_NOTIFY_EVENT. This allows the bridge to map the subdev that sends
-the event to the video node(s) associated with the subdev that need to be
-informed about such an event.
-
V4L2 clocks
-----------