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+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT:
+
+**********************************************
+ioctl VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT
+**********************************************
+
+Name
+====
+
+VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT - Get or set the data format on a subdev pad
+
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT, struct v4l2_subdev_format *argp )
+ :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT
+
+.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT, struct v4l2_subdev_format *argp )
+ :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT
+
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``fd``
+ File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
+
+``argp``
+ Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_format`.
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+These ioctls are used to negotiate the frame format at specific subdev
+pads in the image pipeline.
+
+To retrieve the current format applications set the ``pad`` field of a
+struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_format` to the desired
+pad number as reported by the media API and the ``which`` field to
+``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE``. When they call the
+``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT`` ioctl with a pointer to this structure the
+driver fills the members of the ``format`` field.
+
+To change the current format applications set both the ``pad`` and
+``which`` fields and all members of the ``format`` field. When they call
+the ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl with a pointer to this structure the
+driver verifies the requested format, adjusts it based on the hardware
+capabilities and configures the device. Upon return the struct
+:c:type:`v4l2_subdev_format` contains the current
+format as would be returned by a ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT`` call.
+
+Applications can query the device capabilities by setting the ``which``
+to ``V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY``. When set, 'try' formats are not applied
+to the device by the driver, but are changed exactly as active formats
+and stored in the sub-device file handle. Two applications querying the
+same sub-device would thus not interact with each other.
+
+For instance, to try a format at the output pad of a sub-device,
+applications would first set the try format at the sub-device input with
+the ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT`` ioctl. They would then either retrieve the
+default format at the output pad with the ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT`` ioctl,
+or set the desired output pad format with the ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``
+ioctl and check the returned value.
+
+Try formats do not depend on active formats, but can depend on the
+current links configuration or sub-device controls value. For instance,
+a low-pass noise filter might crop pixels at the frame boundaries,
+modifying its output frame size.
+
+Drivers must not return an error solely because the requested format
+doesn't match the device capabilities. They must instead modify the
+format to match what the hardware can provide. The modified format
+should be as close as possible to the original request.
+
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+
+.. c:type:: v4l2_subdev_format
+
+.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_subdev_format
+ :header-rows: 0
+ :stub-columns: 0
+ :widths: 1 1 2
+
+ * - __u32
+ - ``pad``
+ - Pad number as reported by the media controller API.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``which``
+ - Format to modified, from enum
+ :ref:`v4l2_subdev_format_whence <v4l2-subdev-format-whence>`.
+ * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_mbus_framefmt`
+ - ``format``
+ - Definition of an image format, see :c:type:`v4l2_mbus_framefmt` for
+ details.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``reserved``\ [8]
+ - Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers must set
+ the array to zero.
+
+
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+
+.. _v4l2-subdev-format-whence:
+
+.. flat-table:: enum v4l2_subdev_format_whence
+ :header-rows: 0
+ :stub-columns: 0
+ :widths: 3 1 4
+
+ * - V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY
+ - 0
+ - Try formats, used for querying device capabilities.
+ * - V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE
+ - 1
+ - Active formats, applied to the hardware.
+
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
+appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
+:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
+
+EBUSY
+ The format can't be changed because the pad is currently busy. This
+ can be caused, for instance, by an active video stream on the pad.
+ The ioctl must not be retried without performing another action to
+ fix the problem first. Only returned by ``VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT``
+
+EINVAL
+ The struct :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_format`
+ ``pad`` references a non-existing pad, or the ``which`` field
+ references a non-existing format.
+
+
+============
+
+On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
+appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
+:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.