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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4876ff1a1a04 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,428 @@ +<refentry id="vidioc-queryctrl"> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</refentrytitle> + &manvol; + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</refname> + <refname>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</refname> + <refpurpose>Enumerate controls and menu control items</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_queryctrl *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>struct v4l2_querymenu *<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_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para></para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>To query the attributes of a control applications set the +<structfield>id</structfield> field of a &v4l2-queryctrl; and call the +<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant> ioctl with a pointer to this +structure. The driver fills the rest of the structure or returns an +&EINVAL; when the <structfield>id</structfield> is invalid.</para> + + <para>It is possible to enumerate controls by calling +<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant> with successive +<structfield>id</structfield> values starting from +<constant>V4L2_CID_BASE</constant> up to and exclusive +<constant>V4L2_CID_BASE_LASTP1</constant>. Drivers may return +<errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode> if a control in this range is not +supported. Further applications can enumerate private controls, which +are not defined in this specification, by starting at +<constant>V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_BASE</constant> and incrementing +<structfield>id</structfield> until the driver returns +<errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode>.</para> + + <para>In both cases, when the driver sets the +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED</constant> flag in the +<structfield>flags</structfield> field this control is permanently +disabled and should be ignored by the application.<footnote> + <para><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED</constant> was +intended for two purposes: Drivers can skip predefined controls not +supported by the hardware (although returning EINVAL would do as +well), or disable predefined and private controls after hardware +detection without the trouble of reordering control arrays and indices +(EINVAL cannot be used to skip private controls because it would +prematurely end the enumeration).</para></footnote></para> + + <para>When the application ORs <structfield>id</structfield> with +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL</constant> the driver returns the +next supported control, or <errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode> if there is +none. Drivers which do not support this flag yet always return +<errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode>.</para> + + <para>Additional information is required for menu controls: the +names of the menu items. To query them applications set the +<structfield>id</structfield> and <structfield>index</structfield> +fields of &v4l2-querymenu; and call the +<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant> ioctl with a pointer to this +structure. The driver fills the rest of the structure or returns an +&EINVAL; when the <structfield>id</structfield> or +<structfield>index</structfield> is invalid. Menu items are enumerated +by calling <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant> with successive +<structfield>index</structfield> values from &v4l2-queryctrl; +<structfield>minimum</structfield> (0) to +<structfield>maximum</structfield>, inclusive.</para> + + <para>See also the examples in <xref linkend="control" />.</para> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-queryctrl"> + <title>struct <structname>v4l2_queryctrl</structname></title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-str; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry> + <entry>Identifies the control, set by the application. See +<xref linkend="control-id" /> for predefined IDs. When the ID is ORed +with V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL the driver clears the flag and returns +the first control with a higher ID. Drivers which do not support this +flag yet always return an &EINVAL;.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>&v4l2-ctrl-type;</entry> + <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry> + <entry>Type of control, see <xref + linkend="v4l2-ctrl-type" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>name</structfield>[32]</entry> + <entry>Name of the control, a NUL-terminated ASCII +string. This information is intended for the user.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__s32</entry> + <entry><structfield>minimum</structfield></entry> + <entry>Minimum value, inclusive. This field gives a lower +bound for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls and the +lowest valid index (always 0) for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant> controls. +For <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls the minimum value +gives the minimum length of the string. This length <emphasis>does not include the terminating +zero</emphasis>. It may not be valid for any other type of control, including +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant> controls. Note that this is a +signed value.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__s32</entry> + <entry><structfield>maximum</structfield></entry> + <entry>Maximum value, inclusive. This field gives an upper +bound for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls and the +highest valid index for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant> +controls. +For <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls the maximum value +gives the maximum length of the string. This length <emphasis>does not include the terminating +zero</emphasis>. It may not be valid for any other type of control, including +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant> controls. Note that this is a +signed value.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__s32</entry> + <entry><structfield>step</structfield></entry> + <entry><para>This field gives a step size for +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls. For +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls this field refers to +the string length that has to be a multiple of this step size. +It may not be valid for any other type of control, including +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant> +controls.</para><para>Generally drivers should not scale hardware +control values. It may be necessary for example when the +<structfield>name</structfield> or <structfield>id</structfield> imply +a particular unit and the hardware actually accepts only multiples of +said unit. If so, drivers must take care values are properly rounded +when scaling, such that errors will not accumulate on repeated +read-write cycles.</para><para>This field gives the smallest change of +an integer control actually affecting hardware. Often the information +is needed when the user can change controls by keyboard or GUI +buttons, rather than a slider. When for example a hardware register +accepts values 0-511 and the driver reports 0-65535, step should be +128.</para><para>Note that although signed, the step value is supposed to +be always positive.</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__s32</entry> + <entry><structfield>default_value</structfield></entry> + <entry>The default value of a +<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant>, +<constant>_BOOLEAN</constant> or <constant>_MENU</constant> control. +Not valid for other types of controls. Drivers reset controls only +when the driver is loaded, not later, in particular not when the +func-open; is called.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry> + <entry>Control flags, see <xref + linkend="control-flags" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[2]</entry> + <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set +the array to zero.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-querymenu"> + <title>struct <structname>v4l2_querymenu</structname></title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-str; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry> + <entry>Identifies the control, set by the application +from the respective &v4l2-queryctrl; +<structfield>id</structfield>.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry> + <entry>Index of the menu item, starting at zero, set by + the application.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>name</structfield>[32]</entry> + <entry>Name of the menu item, a NUL-terminated ASCII +string. This information is intended for the user.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield></entry> + <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set +the array to zero.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-ctrl-type"> + <title>enum v4l2_ctrl_type</title> + <tgroup cols="5" align="left"> + <colspec colwidth="30*" /> + <colspec colwidth="5*" align="center" /> + <colspec colwidth="5*" align="center" /> + <colspec colwidth="5*" align="center" /> + <colspec colwidth="55*" /> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Type</entry> + <entry><structfield>minimum</structfield></entry> + <entry><structfield>step</structfield></entry> + <entry><structfield>maximum</structfield></entry> + <entry>Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant></entry> + <entry>any</entry> + <entry>any</entry> + <entry>any</entry> + <entry>An integer-valued control ranging from minimum to +maximum inclusive. The step value indicates the increment between +values which are actually different on the hardware.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BOOLEAN</constant></entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>A boolean-valued control. Zero corresponds to +"disabled", and one means "enabled".</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant></entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>N-1</entry> + <entry>The control has a menu of N choices. The names of +the menu items can be enumerated with the +<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant> ioctl.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BUTTON</constant></entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>A control which performs an action when set. +Drivers must ignore the value passed with +<constant>VIDIOC_S_CTRL</constant> and return an &EINVAL; on a +<constant>VIDIOC_G_CTRL</constant> attempt.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant></entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>A 64-bit integer valued control. Minimum, maximum +and step size cannot be queried.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant></entry> + <entry>≥ 0</entry> + <entry>≥ 1</entry> + <entry>≥ 0</entry> + <entry>The minimum and maximum string lengths. The step size +means that the string must be (minimum + N * step) characters long for +N ≥ 0. These lengths do not include the terminating zero, so in order to +pass a string of length 8 to &VIDIOC-S-EXT-CTRLS; you need to set the +<structfield>size</structfield> field of &v4l2-ext-control; to 9. For &VIDIOC-G-EXT-CTRLS; you can +set the <structfield>size</structfield> field to <structfield>maximum</structfield> + 1. +Which character encoding is used will depend on the string control itself and +should be part of the control documentation.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_CTRL_CLASS</constant></entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>n/a</entry> + <entry>This is not a control. When +<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant> is called with a control ID +equal to a control class code (see <xref linkend="ctrl-class" />), the +ioctl returns the name of the control class and this control type. +Older drivers which do not support this feature return an +&EINVAL;.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="control-flags"> + <title>Control Flags</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-def; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0001</entry> + <entry>This control is permanently disabled and should be +ignored by the application. Any attempt to change the control will +result in an &EINVAL;.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_GRABBED</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0002</entry> + <entry>This control is temporarily unchangeable, for +example because another application took over control of the +respective resource. Such controls may be displayed specially in a +user interface. Attempts to change the control may result in an +&EBUSY;.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0004</entry> + <entry>This control is permanently readable only. Any +attempt to change the control will result in an &EINVAL;.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_UPDATE</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0008</entry> + <entry>A hint that changing this control may affect the +value of other controls within the same control class. Applications +should update their user interface accordingly.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_INACTIVE</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0010</entry> + <entry>This control is not applicable to the current +configuration and should be displayed accordingly in a user interface. +For example the flag may be set on a MPEG audio level 2 bitrate +control when MPEG audio encoding level 1 was selected with another +control.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_SLIDER</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0020</entry> + <entry>A hint that this control is best represented as a +slider-like element in a user interface.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0040</entry> + <entry>This control is permanently writable only. Any +attempt to read the control will result in an &EACCES; error code. This +flag is typically present for relative controls or action controls where +writing a value will cause the device to carry out a given action +(⪚ motor control) but no meaningful value can be returned.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + &return-value; + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>The &v4l2-queryctrl; <structfield>id</structfield> +is invalid. The &v4l2-querymenu; <structfield>id</structfield> or +<structfield>index</structfield> is invalid.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EACCES</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>An attempt was made to read a write-only control.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: +--> |