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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-27 11:32:31 +0200 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-29 01:08:19 +0200 |
commit | 43f71d93a0cb342f0c918fba3f6abb7661e40ad2 (patch) | |
tree | a1dc7288bc480e7027ca1827ca4876472fa12e40 /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-output.xml | |
parent | Merge tag 'media/v4.8-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mch... (diff) | |
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doc-rst: Remove the media docbook
Now that all media documentation was converted to Sphinx, we
should get rid of the old DocBook one, as we don't want people
to submit patches against the old stuff.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-output.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-output.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 9130a3dc7880..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-output.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,106 +0,0 @@ - <title>Video Output Interface</title> - - <para>Video output devices encode stills or image sequences as -analog video signal. With this interface applications can -control the encoding process and move images from user space to -the driver.</para> - - <para>Conventionally V4L2 video output devices are accessed through -character device special files named <filename>/dev/video</filename> -and <filename>/dev/video0</filename> to -<filename>/dev/video63</filename> with major number 81 and minor -numbers 0 to 63. <filename>/dev/video</filename> is typically a -symbolic link to the preferred video device. Note the same device -files are used for video capture devices.</para> - - <section> - <title>Querying Capabilities</title> - - <para>Devices supporting the video output interface set the -<constant>V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT</constant> or -<constant>V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE</constant> flag in the -<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; -returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. As secondary device functions -they may also support the <link linkend="raw-vbi">raw VBI -output</link> (<constant>V4L2_CAP_VBI_OUTPUT</constant>) interface. At -least one of the read/write or streaming I/O methods must be -supported. Modulators and audio outputs are optional.</para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Supplemental Functions</title> - - <para>Video output devices shall support <link -linkend="audio">audio output</link>, <link -linkend="tuner">modulator</link>, <link linkend="control">controls</link>, -<link linkend="crop">cropping and scaling</link> and <link -linkend="streaming-par">streaming parameter</link> ioctls as needed. -The <link linkend="video">video output</link> and <link -linkend="standard">video standard</link> ioctls must be supported by -all video output devices.</para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Image Format Negotiation</title> - - <para>The output is determined by cropping and image format -parameters. The former select an area of the video picture where the -image will appear, the latter how images are stored in memory, &ie; in -RGB or YUV format, the number of bits per pixel or width and height. -Together they also define how images are scaled in the process.</para> - - <para>As usual these parameters are <emphasis>not</emphasis> reset -at &func-open; time to permit Unix tool chains, programming a device -and then writing to it as if it was a plain file. Well written V4L2 -applications ensure they really get what they want, including cropping -and scaling.</para> - - <para>Cropping initialization at minimum requires to reset the -parameters to defaults. An example is given in <xref -linkend="crop" />.</para> - - <para>To query the current image format applications set the -<structfield>type</structfield> field of a &v4l2-format; to -<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT</constant> or -<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE</constant> and call the -&VIDIOC-G-FMT; ioctl with a pointer to this structure. Drivers fill -the &v4l2-pix-format; <structfield>pix</structfield> or the -&v4l2-pix-format-mplane; <structfield>pix_mp</structfield> member of the -<structfield>fmt</structfield> union.</para> - - <para>To request different parameters applications set the -<structfield>type</structfield> field of a &v4l2-format; as above and -initialize all fields of the &v4l2-pix-format; -<structfield>vbi</structfield> member of the -<structfield>fmt</structfield> union, or better just modify the -results of <constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant>, and call the -&VIDIOC-S-FMT; ioctl with a pointer to this structure. Drivers may -adjust the parameters and finally return the actual parameters as -<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> does.</para> - - <para>Like <constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> the -&VIDIOC-TRY-FMT; ioctl can be used to learn about hardware limitations -without disabling I/O or possibly time consuming hardware -preparations.</para> - - <para>The contents of &v4l2-pix-format; and &v4l2-pix-format-mplane; -are discussed in <xref linkend="pixfmt" />. See also the specification of the -<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant>, <constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> -and <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> ioctls for details. Video -output devices must implement both the -<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> and -<constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> ioctl, even if -<constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> ignores all requests and always -returns default parameters as <constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> does. -<constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> is optional.</para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Writing Images</title> - - <para>A video output device may support the <link -linkend="rw">write() function</link> and/or streaming (<link -linkend="mmap">memory mapping</link> or <link -linkend="userp">user pointer</link>) I/O. See <xref -linkend="io" /> for details.</para> - </section> |