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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-07-30 19:03:41 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-07-30 19:03:41 -0700
commit6df419e45d71b8d9a0de8e92a1212bbea460f0e0 (patch)
treec0902a96353391400818fe8b7adf11493b56935a /Documentation
parent27c1ee3f929555b71fa39ec0d81a7e7185de1b16 (diff)
parentc893e7c64e36087dceb4662917976a81d1754fc0 (diff)
Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: "This is the first part of the media patches for v3.6. This patch series contain: - new DVB frontend: rtl2832 - new video drivers: adv7393 - some unused files got removed - a selection API cleanup between V4L2 and V4L2 subdev API's - a major redesign at v4l-ioctl2, in order to clean it up - several driver fixes and improvements." * 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (174 commits) v4l: Export v4l2-common.h in include/linux/Kbuild media: Revert "[media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2" [media] media: Use pr_info not homegrown pr_reg macro [media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2 [media] v4l: Correct conflicting V4L2 subdev selection API documentation [media] Feature removal: V4L2 selections API target and flag definitions [media] v4l: Unify selection flags documentation [media] v4l: Unify selection flags [media] v4l: Common documentation for selection targets [media] v4l: Unify selection targets across V4L2 and V4L2 subdev interfaces [media] v4l: Remove "_ACTUAL" from subdev selection API target definition names [media] V4L: Remove "_ACTIVE" from the selection target name definitions [media] media: dvb-usb: print mac address via native %pM [media] s5p-tv: Use module_i2c_driver in sii9234_drv.c file [media] media: gpio-ir-recv: add allowed_protos for platform data [media] s5p-jpeg: Use module_platform_driver in jpeg-core.c file [media] saa7134: fix spelling of detach in label [media] cx88-blackbird: replace ioctl by unlocked_ioctl [media] cx88: don't use current_norm [media] cx88: fix a number of v4l2-compliance violations ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml164
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-qbuf.xml9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek.xml18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subdev-g-selection.xml79
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt73
18 files changed, 399 insertions, 250 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
index 7c49facecd25..1078e45f189f 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/biblio.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ in the frequency range from 87,5 to 108,0 MHz</title>
<corpauthor>National Radio Systems Committee
(<ulink url="http://www.nrscstandards.org">http://www.nrscstandards.org</ulink>)</corpauthor>
</authorgroup>
- <title>NTSC-4: United States RBDS Standard</title>
+ <title>NRSC-4: United States RBDS Standard</title>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry id="iso12232">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
index 4101aeb56540..b91d25313b63 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
@@ -464,14 +464,14 @@ The <structfield>type</structfield> field of the respective
<structfield>tuner</structfield> field contains the index number of
the tuner.</para>
- <para>Radio devices have exactly one tuner with index zero, no
+ <para>Radio input devices have exactly one tuner with index zero, no
video inputs.</para>
<para>To query and change tuner properties applications use the
&VIDIOC-G-TUNER; and &VIDIOC-S-TUNER; ioctl, respectively. The
&v4l2-tuner; returned by <constant>VIDIOC_G_TUNER</constant> also
contains signal status information applicable when the tuner of the
-current video input, or a radio tuner is queried. Note that
+current video or radio input is queried. Note that
<constant>VIDIOC_S_TUNER</constant> does not switch the current tuner,
when there is more than one at all. The tuner is solely determined by
the current video input. Drivers must support both ioctls and set the
@@ -491,8 +491,17 @@ the modulator. The <structfield>type</structfield> field of the
respective &v4l2-output; returned by the &VIDIOC-ENUMOUTPUT; ioctl is
set to <constant>V4L2_OUTPUT_TYPE_MODULATOR</constant> and its
<structfield>modulator</structfield> field contains the index number
-of the modulator. This specification does not define radio output
-devices.</para>
+of the modulator.</para>
+
+ <para>Radio output devices have exactly one modulator with index
+zero, no video outputs.</para>
+
+ <para>A video or radio device cannot support both a tuner and a
+modulator. Two separate device nodes will have to be used for such
+hardware, one that supports the tuner functionality and one that supports
+the modulator functionality. The reason is a limitation with the
+&VIDIOC-S-FREQUENCY; ioctl where you cannot specify whether the frequency
+is for a tuner or a modulator.</para>
<para>To query and change modulator properties applications use
the &VIDIOC-G-MODULATOR; and &VIDIOC-S-MODULATOR; ioctl. Note that
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index ea42ef824948..97b895151bb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -2377,10 +2377,11 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
<para>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE was added to signal volatile controls to userspace.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Add selection API for extended control over cropping and
-composing. Does not affect the compatibility of current drivers and
-applications. See <link linkend="selection-api"> selection API </link> for
-details.</para>
+ <para>Add selection API for extended control over cropping
+ and composing. Does not affect the compatibility of current
+ drivers and applications. See <link
+ linkend="selection-api"> selection API </link> for
+ details.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
@@ -2458,6 +2459,18 @@ details.</para>
</orderedlist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.5</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Replaced <structfield>input</structfield> in
+ <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname> by
+ <structfield>reserved2</structfield> and removed
+ <constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+
<section id="other">
<title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
index 4afcbbec5eda..a3d9dd093268 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
</para>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="v4l2-subdev-selections">
<title>Selections: cropping, scaling and composition</title>
<para>Many sub-devices support cropping frames on their input or output
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@
size. Both the coordinates and sizes are expressed in pixels.</para>
<para>As for pad formats, drivers store try and active
- rectangles for the selection targets of ACTUAL type <xref
- linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-targets">.</xref></para>
+ rectangles for the selection targets <xref
+ linkend="v4l2-selections-common" />.</para>
<para>On sink pads, cropping is applied relative to the
current pad format. The pad format represents the image size as
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
<para>Scaling support is optional. When supported by a subdev,
the crop rectangle on the subdev's sink pad is scaled to the
size configured using the &VIDIOC-SUBDEV-S-SELECTION; IOCTL
- using <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_COMPOSE_ACTUAL</constant>
+ using <constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE</constant>
selection target on the same pad. If the subdev supports scaling
but not composing, the top and left values are not used and must
always be set to zero.</para>
@@ -323,32 +323,32 @@
<para>The drivers should always use the closest possible
rectangle the user requests on all selection targets, unless
specifically told otherwise.
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_GE</constant> and
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_LE</constant> flags may be
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant> and
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant> flags may be
used to round the image size either up or down. <xref
- linkend="v4l2-subdev-selection-flags"></xref></para>
+ linkend="v4l2-selection-flags" /></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Types of selection targets</title>
<section>
- <title>ACTUAL targets</title>
+ <title>Actual targets</title>
- <para>ACTUAL targets reflect the actual hardware configuration
- at any point of time. There is a BOUNDS target
- corresponding to every ACTUAL.</para>
+ <para>Actual targets (without a postfix) reflect the actual
+ hardware configuration at any point of time. There is a BOUNDS
+ target corresponding to every actual target.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>BOUNDS targets</title>
- <para>BOUNDS targets is the smallest rectangle that contains
- all valid ACTUAL rectangles. It may not be possible to set the
- ACTUAL rectangle as large as the BOUNDS rectangle, however.
- This may be because e.g. a sensor's pixel array is not
- rectangular but cross-shaped or round. The maximum size may
- also be smaller than the BOUNDS rectangle.</para>
+ <para>BOUNDS targets is the smallest rectangle that contains all
+ valid actual rectangles. It may not be possible to set the actual
+ rectangle as large as the BOUNDS rectangle, however. This may be
+ because e.g. a sensor's pixel array is not rectangular but
+ cross-shaped or round. The maximum size may also be smaller than the
+ BOUNDS rectangle.</para>
</section>
</section>
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
performed by the user: the changes made will be propagated to
any subsequent stages. If this behaviour is not desired, the
user must set
- <constant>V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant> flag. This
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant> flag. This
flag causes no propagation of the changes are allowed in any
circumstances. This may also cause the accessed rectangle to be
adjusted by the driver, depending on the properties of the
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index fd6aca2922b6..1885cc0755cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -683,14 +683,12 @@ memory, set by the application. See <xref linkend="userp" /> for details.
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
- <entry><structfield>input</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved2</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>Some video capture drivers support rapid and
-synchronous video input changes, a function useful for example in
-video surveillance applications. For this purpose applications set the
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant> flag, and this field to the
-number of a video input as in &v4l2-input; field
-<structfield>index</structfield>.</entry>
+ <entry>A place holder for future extensions and custom
+(driver defined) buffer types
+<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE</constant> and higher. Applications
+should set this to 0.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
@@ -923,13 +921,6 @@ Drivers set or clear this flag when the <constant>VIDIOC_DQBUF</constant>
ioctl is called.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_INPUT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0200</entry>
- <entry>The <structfield>input</structfield> field is valid.
-Applications set or clear this flag before calling the
-<constant>VIDIOC_QBUF</constant> ioctl.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0400</entry>
<entry>The buffer has been prepared for I/O and can be queued by the
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
index b299e4779354..e7ed5077834d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ cropping and composing rectangles have the same size.</para>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
-For complete list of the available selection targets see table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target"/>
-
</section>
+ See <xref linkend="v4l2-selection-targets" /> for more
+ information.
+
<section>
<title>Configuration</title>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cropping/composing rectangles may have to be aligned, and both the source and
the sink may have arbitrary upper and lower size limits. Therefore, as usual,
drivers are expected to adjust the requested parameters and return the actual
values selected. An application can control the rounding behaviour using <link
-linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+linkend="v4l2-selection-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
<section>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ top/left corner at position <constant> (0,0) </constant>. The rectangle's
coordinates are expressed in pixels.</para>
<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
-the area actually sampled, is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
+the area actually sampled, is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP
</constant> target. It uses the same coordinate system as <constant>
V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS </constant>. The active cropping area must lie
completely inside the capture boundaries. The driver may further adjust the
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ height are equal to the image size set by <constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant>.
</para>
<para>The part of a buffer into which the image is inserted by the hardware is
-controlled by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.
+controlled by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target.
The rectangle's coordinates are also expressed in the same coordinate system as
the bounds rectangle. The composing rectangle must lie completely inside bounds
rectangle. The driver must adjust the composing rectangle to fit to the
bounding limits. Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according
to hardware limitations. The application can control rounding behaviour using
-<link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+<link linkend="v4l2-selection-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
<para>For capture devices the default composing rectangle is queried using
<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT </constant>. It is usually equal to the
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bounding rectangle.</para>
<para>The part of a buffer that is modified by the hardware is given by
<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED </constant>. It contains all pixels
-defined using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> plus all
+defined using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> plus all
padding data modified by hardware during insertion process. All pixels outside
this rectangle <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be changed by the hardware. The
content of pixels that lie inside the padded area but outside active area is
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ specified using <constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant> ioctl.</para>
<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
the area from which image date are processed by the hardware, is given by the
-<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant>. Its coordinates are expressed
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP </constant>. Its coordinates are expressed
in in the same coordinate system as the bounds rectangle. The active cropping
area must lie completely inside the crop boundaries and the driver may further
adjust the requested size and/or position according to hardware
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ bounding rectangle.</para>
<para>The part of a video signal or graphics display where the image is
inserted by the hardware is controlled by <constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target. The rectangle's coordinates
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target. The rectangle's coordinates
are expressed in pixels. The composing rectangle must lie completely inside the
bounds rectangle. The driver must adjust the area to fit to the bounding
limits. Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according to
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ such a padded area is driver-dependent feature not covered by this document.
Driver developers are encouraged to keep padded rectangle equal to active one.
The padded target is accessed by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED
</constant> identifier. It must contain all pixels from the <constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> target.</para>
</section>
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
<title>Scaling control</title>
<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width
-and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
-</constant> and <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> targets. If
+and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP
+</constant> and <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant> targets. If
these are not equal then the scaling is applied. The application can compute
the scaling ratios using these values.</para>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ area)</para>
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
exit(-1);
- sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE;
+ sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP;
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
exit(-1);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ area)</para>
r.left = sel.r.width / 4;
r.top = sel.r.height / 4;
sel.r = r;
- sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE;
+ sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE;
sel.flags = V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE;
ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
if (ret)
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> for other devices</para>
&v4l2-selection; compose = {
.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
- .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE,
+ .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE,
};
&v4l2-selection; crop = {
.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
- .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE,
+ .target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP,
};
double hscale, vscale;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7502f784b8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selections-common.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+<section id="v4l2-selections-common">
+
+ <title>Common selection definitions</title>
+
+ <para>While the <link linkend="selection-api">V4L2 selection
+ API</link> and <link linkend="v4l2-subdev-selections">V4L2 subdev
+ selection APIs</link> are very similar, there's one fundamental
+ difference between the two. On sub-device API, the selection
+ rectangle refers to the media bus format, and is bound to a
+ sub-device's pad. On the V4L2 interface the selection rectangles
+ refer to the in-memory pixel format.</para>
+
+ <para>This section defines the common definitions of the
+ selection interfaces on the two APIs.</para>
+
+ <section id="v4l2-selection-targets">
+
+ <title>Selection targets</title>
+
+ <para>The precise meaning of the selection targets may be
+ dependent on which of the two interfaces they are used.</para>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-selection-targets-table">
+ <title>Selection target definitions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="5">
+ <colspec colname="c1" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" />
+ <colspec colname="c3" />
+ <colspec colname="c4" />
+ <colspec colname="c5" />
+ &cs-def;
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry align="left">Target name</entry>
+ <entry align="left">id</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Definition</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2 subdev</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0000</entry>
+ <entry>Crop rectangle. Defines the cropped area.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0001</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0002</entry>
+ <entry>Bounds of the crop rectangle. All valid crop
+ rectangles fit inside the crop bounds rectangle.
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0100</entry>
+ <entry>Compose rectangle. Used to configure scaling
+ and composition.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0101</entry>
+ <entry>Suggested composition rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0102</entry>
+ <entry>Bounds of the compose rectangle. All valid compose
+ rectangles fit inside the compose bounds rectangle.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0103</entry>
+ <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or
+ modified by hardware.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="v4l2-selection-flags">
+
+ <title>Selection flags</title>
+
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-selection-flags-table">
+ <title>Selection flag definitions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="5">
+ <colspec colname="c1" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" />
+ <colspec colname="c3" />
+ <colspec colname="c4" />
+ <colspec colname="c5" />
+ &cs-def;
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry align="left">Flag name</entry>
+ <entry align="left">id</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Definition</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2</entry>
+ <entry align="left">Valid for V4L2 subdev</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 0)</entry>
+ <entry>Suggest the driver it should choose greater or
+ equal rectangle (in size) than was requested. Albeit the
+ driver may choose a lesser size, it will only do so due to
+ hardware limitations. Without this flag (and
+ <constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant>) the
+ behaviour is to choose the closest possible
+ rectangle.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 1)</entry>
+ <entry>Suggest the driver it
+ should choose lesser or equal rectangle (in size) than was
+ requested. Albeit the driver may choose a greater size, it
+ will only do so due to hardware limitations.</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG</constant></entry>
+ <entry>(1 &lt;&lt; 2)</entry>
+ <entry>The configuration must not be propagated to any
+ further processing steps. If this flag is not given, the
+ configuration is propagated inside the subdevice to all
+ further processing steps.</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>Yes</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </section>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 008c2d73a484..36bafc48e03b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -589,6 +589,11 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
&sub-write;
</appendix>
+ <appendix>
+ <title>Common definitions for V4L2 and V4L2 subdev interfaces</title>
+ &sub-selections-common;
+ </appendix>
+
<appendix id="videodev">
<title>Video For Linux Two Header File</title>
&sub-videodev2-h;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
index a2474ecb574a..5e73b1c8d095 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ information.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
- <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+ <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted. If count == 0, then
+ <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> will set <structfield>index</structfield>
+ to the current number of created buffers, and it will check the validity of
+ <structfield>memory</structfield> and <structfield>format.type</structfield>.
+ If those are invalid -1 is returned and errno is set to &EINVAL;,
+ otherwise <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> returns 0. It will
+ never set errno to &EBUSY; in this particular case.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
index 69c178a4d205..40e58a42eb26 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ bounds or the value in the <structfield>type</structfield> field is
wrong.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A hardware seek is in progress.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
index bb04eff75f45..f76d8a6d9b92 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ Do not use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> field
-to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+to <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP </constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-selections-common" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
targets. The <structfield>flags</structfield> and <structfield>reserved
</structfield> fields of &v4l2-selection; are ignored and they must be filled
with zeros. The driver fills the rest of the structure or
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ use multiplanar buffers. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
</constant>. Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>. The next step is
setting the value of &v4l2-selection; <structfield>target</structfield> to
-<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant> (<constant>
-V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
-linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+<constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP</constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-selections-common" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
targets. The &v4l2-rect; <structfield>r</structfield> rectangle need to be
set to the desired active area. Field &v4l2-selection; <structfield> reserved
</structfield> is ignored and must be filled with zeros. The driver may adjust
@@ -154,74 +154,8 @@ exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-target">
- <title>Selection targets.</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- &cs-def;
- <tbody valign="top">
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0000</entry>
- <entry>The area that is currently cropped by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0001</entry>
- <entry>Suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0002</entry>
- <entry>Limits for the cropping rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0100</entry>
- <entry>The area to which data is composed by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0101</entry>
- <entry>Suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture".</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0102</entry>
- <entry>Limits for the composing rectangle.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x0103</entry>
- <entry>The active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by hardware.</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-flags">
- <title>Selection constraint flags</title>
- <tgroup col