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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dbg-g-chip-ident.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dbg-g-chip-ident.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 921e18550d26..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dbg-g-chip-ident.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,271 +0,0 @@ -<refentry id="vidioc-dbg-g-chip-ident"> - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</refentrytitle> - &manvol; - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</refname> - <refpurpose>Identify the chips on a TV card</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_dbg_chip_ident -*<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_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <note> - <title>Experimental</title> - - <para>This is an <link -linkend="experimental">experimental</link> interface and may change in -the future.</para> - </note> - - <para>For driver debugging purposes this ioctl allows test -applications to query the driver about the chips present on the TV -card. Regular applications must not use it. When you found a chip -specific bug, please contact the linux-media mailing list (&v4l-ml;) -so it can be fixed.</para> - - <para>To query the driver applications must initialize the -<structfield>match.type</structfield> and -<structfield>match.addr</structfield> or <structfield>match.name</structfield> -fields of a &v4l2-dbg-chip-ident; -and call <constant>VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</constant> with a pointer to -this structure. On success the driver stores information about the -selected chip in the <structfield>ident</structfield> and -<structfield>revision</structfield> fields. On failure the structure -remains unchanged.</para> - - <para>When <structfield>match.type</structfield> is -<constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_HOST</constant>, -<structfield>match.addr</structfield> selects the nth non-&i2c; chip -on the TV card. You can enumerate all chips by starting at zero and -incrementing <structfield>match.addr</structfield> by one until -<constant>VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</constant> fails with an &EINVAL;. -The number zero always selects the host chip, ⪚ the chip connected -to the PCI or USB bus.</para> - - <para>When <structfield>match.type</structfield> is -<constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_I2C_DRIVER</constant>, -<structfield>match.name</structfield> contains the I2C driver name. -For instance -<constant>"saa7127"</constant> will match any chip -supported by the saa7127 driver, regardless of its &i2c; bus address. -When multiple chips supported by the same driver are present, the -ioctl will return <constant>V4L2_IDENT_AMBIGUOUS</constant> in the -<structfield>ident</structfield> field.</para> - - <para>When <structfield>match.type</structfield> is -<constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_I2C_ADDR</constant>, -<structfield>match.addr</structfield> selects a chip by its 7 bit -&i2c; bus address.</para> - - <para>When <structfield>match.type</structfield> is -<constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_AC97</constant>, -<structfield>match.addr</structfield> selects the nth AC97 chip -on the TV card. You can enumerate all chips by starting at zero and -incrementing <structfield>match.addr</structfield> by one until -<constant>VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT</constant> fails with an &EINVAL;.</para> - - <para>On success, the <structfield>ident</structfield> field will -contain a chip ID from the Linux -<filename>media/v4l2-chip-ident.h</filename> header file, and the -<structfield>revision</structfield> field will contain a driver -specific value, or zero if no particular revision is associated with -this chip.</para> - - <para>When the driver could not identify the selected chip, -<structfield>ident</structfield> will contain -<constant>V4L2_IDENT_UNKNOWN</constant>. When no chip matched -the ioctl will succeed but the -<structfield>ident</structfield> field will contain -<constant>V4L2_IDENT_NONE</constant>. If multiple chips matched, -<structfield>ident</structfield> will contain -<constant>V4L2_IDENT_AMBIGUOUS</constant>. In all these cases the -<structfield>revision</structfield> field remains unchanged.</para> - - <para>This ioctl is optional, not all drivers may support it. It -was introduced in Linux 2.6.21, but the API was changed to the -one described here in 2.6.29.</para> - - <para>We recommended the <application>v4l2-dbg</application> -utility over calling this ioctl directly. It is available from the -LinuxTV v4l-dvb repository; see <ulink -url="http://linuxtv.org/repo/">http://linuxtv.org/repo/</ulink> for -access instructions.</para> - - <!-- Note for convenience vidioc-dbg-g-register.sgml - contains a duplicate of this table. --> - <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="ident-v4l2-dbg-match"> - <title>struct <structname>v4l2_dbg_match</structname></title> - <tgroup cols="4"> - &cs-ustr; - <tbody valign="top"> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry> - <entry>See <xref linkend="ident-chip-match-types" /> for a list of -possible types.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>union</entry> - <entry>(anonymous)</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry></entry> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>addr</structfield></entry> - <entry>Match a chip by this number, interpreted according -to the <structfield>type</structfield> field.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry></entry> - <entry>char</entry> - <entry><structfield>name[32]</structfield></entry> - <entry>Match a chip by this name, interpreted according -to the <structfield>type</structfield> field.</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - - <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-dbg-chip-ident"> - <title>struct <structname>v4l2_dbg_chip_ident</structname></title> - <tgroup cols="3"> - &cs-str; - <tbody valign="top"> - <row> - <entry>struct v4l2_dbg_match</entry> - <entry><structfield>match</structfield></entry> - <entry>How to match the chip, see <xref linkend="ident-v4l2-dbg-match" />.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>ident</structfield></entry> - <entry>A chip identifier as defined in the Linux -<filename>media/v4l2-chip-ident.h</filename> header file, or one of -the values from <xref linkend="chip-ids" />.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry>__u32</entry> - <entry><structfield>revision</structfield></entry> - <entry>A chip revision, chip and driver specific.</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - - <!-- Note for convenience vidioc-dbg-g-register.sgml - contains a duplicate of this table. --> - <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="ident-chip-match-types"> - <title>Chip Match Types</title> - <tgroup cols="3"> - &cs-def; - <tbody valign="top"> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_BRIDGE</constant></entry> - <entry>0</entry> - <entry>Match the nth chip on the card, zero for the - bridge chip. Does not match sub-devices.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_I2C_DRIVER</constant></entry> - <entry>1</entry> - <entry>Match an &i2c; chip by its driver name.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_I2C_ADDR</constant></entry> - <entry>2</entry> - <entry>Match a chip by its 7 bit &i2c; bus address.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_AC97</constant></entry> - <entry>3</entry> - <entry>Match the nth anciliary AC97 chip.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_SUBDEV</constant></entry> - <entry>4</entry> - <entry>Match the nth sub-device. Can't be used with this ioctl.</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - - <!-- This is an anonymous enum in media/v4l2-chip-ident.h. --> - <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="chip-ids"> - <title>Chip Identifiers</title> - <tgroup cols="3"> - &cs-def; - <tbody valign="top"> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_IDENT_NONE</constant></entry> - <entry>0</entry> - <entry>No chip matched.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_IDENT_AMBIGUOUS</constant></entry> - <entry>1</entry> - <entry>Multiple chips matched.</entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry><constant>V4L2_IDENT_UNKNOWN</constant></entry> - <entry>2</entry> - <entry>A chip is present at this address, but the driver -could not identify it.</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - &return-value; - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> - <listitem> - <para>The <structfield>match_type</structfield> is invalid.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> -</refentry> |