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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-03-04 10:21:39 +0100 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-04-14 10:31:49 +0200 |
commit | 54f38fcae536ea202ce7d6a359521492fba30c1f (patch) | |
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parent | media: docs: split uAPI info from imx.rst (diff) | |
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media: docs: move uAPI book to userspace-api/media
Since 2017, there is an space reserved for userspace API,
created by changeset 1d596dee3862 ("docs: Create a user-space API guide").
As the media subsystem was one of the first subsystems to use
Sphinx, until this patch, we were keeping things on a separate
place.
Let's just use the new location, as having all uAPI altogether
will likely make things easier for developers.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst deleted file mode 100644 index bd08e4f77ae4..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,141 +0,0 @@ -.. 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/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst. -.. -.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections - -.. _VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS: - -************************ -ioctl VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS -************************ - -Name -==== - -VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS - Create buffers for Memory Mapped or User Pointer or DMA Buffer I/O - - -Synopsis -======== - -.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS, struct v4l2_create_buffers *argp ) - :name: VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS - - -Arguments -========= - -``fd`` - File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`. - -``argp`` - Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_create_buffers`. - - -Description -=========== - -This ioctl is used to create buffers for :ref:`memory mapped <mmap>` -or :ref:`user pointer <userp>` or :ref:`DMA buffer <dmabuf>` I/O. It -can be used as an alternative or in addition to the -:ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` ioctl, when a tighter control -over buffers is required. This ioctl can be called multiple times to -create buffers of different sizes. - -To allocate the device buffers applications must initialize the relevant -fields of the struct :c:type:`v4l2_create_buffers` structure. The -``count`` field must be set to the number of requested buffers, the -``memory`` field specifies the requested I/O method and the ``reserved`` -array must be zeroed. - -The ``format`` field specifies the image format that the buffers must be -able to handle. The application has to fill in this struct -:c:type:`v4l2_format`. Usually this will be done using the -:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT>` or -:ref:`VIDIOC_G_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT>` ioctls to ensure that the -requested format is supported by the driver. Based on the format's -``type`` field the requested buffer size (for single-planar) or plane -sizes (for multi-planar formats) will be used for the allocated buffers. -The driver may return an error if the size(s) are not supported by the -hardware (usually because they are too small). - -The buffers created by this ioctl will have as minimum size the size -defined by the ``format.pix.sizeimage`` field (or the corresponding -fields for other format types). Usually if the ``format.pix.sizeimage`` -field is less than the minimum required for the given format, then an -error will be returned since drivers will typically not allow this. If -it is larger, then the value will be used as-is. In other words, the -driver may reject the requested size, but if it is accepted the driver -will use it unchanged. - -When the ioctl is called with a pointer to this structure the driver -will attempt to allocate up to the requested number of buffers and store -the actual number allocated and the starting index in the ``count`` and -the ``index`` fields respectively. On return ``count`` can be smaller -than the number requested. - - -.. c:type:: v4l2_create_buffers - -.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}| - -.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_create_buffers - :header-rows: 0 - :stub-columns: 0 - :widths: 1 1 2 - - * - __u32 - - ``index`` - - The starting buffer index, returned by the driver. - * - __u32 - - ``count`` - - The number of buffers requested or granted. If count == 0, then - :ref:`VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS` will set ``index`` to the current number of - created buffers, and it will check the validity of ``memory`` and - ``format.type``. If those are invalid -1 is returned and errno is - set to ``EINVAL`` error code, otherwise :ref:`VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS` returns - 0. It will never set errno to ``EBUSY`` error code in this particular - case. - * - __u32 - - ``memory`` - - Applications set this field to ``V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP``, - ``V4L2_MEMORY_DMABUF`` or ``V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR``. See - :c:type:`v4l2_memory` - * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_format` - - ``format`` - - Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver. - * - __u32 - - ``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. - - -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. - -ENOMEM - No memory to allocate buffers for :ref:`memory mapped <mmap>` I/O. - -EINVAL - The buffer type (``format.type`` field), requested I/O method - (``memory``) or format (``format`` field) is not valid. |