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@@ -102,7 +102,19 @@ than the number requested.
- ``format``
- Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver.
* - __u32
- - ``reserved``\ [8]
+ - ``capabilities``
+ - Set by the driver. If 0, then the driver doesn't support
+ capabilities. In that case all you know is that the driver is
+ guaranteed to support ``V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP`` and *might* support
+ other :c:type:`v4l2_memory` types. It will not support any others
+ capabilities. See :ref:`here <v4l2-buf-capabilities>` for a list of the
+ capabilities.
+
+ If you want to just query the capabilities without making any
+ other changes, then set ``count`` to 0, ``memory`` to
+ ``V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP`` and ``format.type`` to the buffer type.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``reserved``\ [7]
- A place holder for future extensions. Drivers and applications
must set the array to zero.