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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
index b9c62affbb5a..3ba22983d21f 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.rst
@@ -118,11 +118,15 @@ correct. This prevents the situation where only some of the controls
were set/get. Only low-level errors (e. g. a failed i2c command) can
still cause this situation.
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{1.2cm}|p{3.0cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{11.8cm}|
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.8cm}|p{4.0cm}|p{6.5cm}|
.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_control
-.. cssclass: longtable
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \footnotesize
+
+.. cssclass:: longtable
.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_control
:header-rows: 0
@@ -134,11 +138,12 @@ still cause this situation.
- Identifies the control, set by the application.
* - __u32
- ``size``
- - The total size in bytes of the payload of this control. This is
- normally 0, but for pointer controls this should be set to the
- size of the memory containing the payload, or that will receive
- the payload. If :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` finds that this value is
- less than is required to store the payload result, then it is set
+ - The total size in bytes of the payload of this control.
+ * - :cspan:`2` The ``size`` field is normally 0, but for pointer
+ controls this should be set to the size of the memory that contains
+ the payload or that will receive the payload.
+ If :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` finds that this value
+ is less than is required to store the payload result, then it is set
to a value large enough to store the payload result and ``ENOSPC`` is
returned.
@@ -212,6 +217,18 @@ still cause this situation.
- ``p_fwht_params``
- A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params`. Valid if this control is
of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_FWHT_PARAMS``.
+ * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame` *
+ - ``p_vp8_frame``
+ - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame`. Valid if this control is
+ of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP8_FRAME``.
+ * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info` *
+ - ``p_hdr10_cll``
+ - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info`. Valid if this control is
+ of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_CLL_INFO``.
+ * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display` *
+ - ``p_hdr10_mastering``
+ - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display`. Valid if this control is
+ of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_MASTERING_DISPLAY``.
* - void *
- ``ptr``
- A pointer to a compound type which can be an N-dimensional array
@@ -221,7 +238,11 @@ still cause this situation.
* - }
-
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.0cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{2.1cm}|p{8.2cm}|
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \normalsize
+
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.0cm}|p{2.5cm}|p{10.8cm}|
.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_controls
@@ -235,29 +256,18 @@ still cause this situation.
* - union {
- (anonymous)
* - __u32
- - ``ctrl_class``
- - The control class to which all controls belong, see
- :ref:`ctrl-class`. Drivers that use a kernel framework for
- handling controls will also accept a value of 0 here, meaning that
- the controls can belong to any control class. Whether drivers
- support this can be tested by setting ``ctrl_class`` to 0 and
- calling :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` with a ``count`` of 0. If that
- succeeds, then the driver supports this feature.
- * - __u32
- ``which``
- Which value of the control to get/set/try.
- ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of the
- control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
+ * - :cspan:`2` ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of
+ the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
value of the control and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` indicates that
these controls have to be retrieved from a request or tried/set for
a request. In the latter case the ``request_fd`` field contains the
file descriptor of the request that should be used. If the device
does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
- .. note::
-
- When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` be aware that you can only
- get the default value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
+ When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` be aware that you can only
+ get the default value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here
(see :ref:`ctrl-class`). In that case all controls have to
@@ -265,9 +275,12 @@ still cause this situation.
just use ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``. There are some very old
drivers that do not yet support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and
that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers
- by setting ctrl_class to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and calling
- VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS with a count of 0. If that fails, then the
- driver does not support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``.
+ by setting ``which`` to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and calling
+ :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` with a count of 0.
+ If that fails, then the driver does not support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``ctrl_class``
+ - Deprecated name kept for backwards compatibility. Use ``which`` instead.
* - }
-
* - __u32
@@ -275,7 +288,8 @@ still cause this situation.
- The number of controls in the controls array. May also be zero.
* - __u32
- ``error_idx``
- - Set by the driver in case of an error. If the error is associated
+ - Index of the failing control. Set by the driver in case of an error.
+ * - :cspan:`2` If the error is associated
with a particular control, then ``error_idx`` is set to the index
of that control. If the error is not related to a specific
control, or the validation step failed (see below), then
@@ -334,7 +348,9 @@ still cause this situation.
Ignored if ``count`` equals zero.
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
+.. tabularcolumns:: |p{7.3cm}|p{2.0cm}|p{8.0cm}|
+
+.. cssclass:: longtable
.. _ctrl-class:
@@ -394,6 +410,10 @@ still cause this situation.
- 0xa40000
- The class containing stateless codec controls. These controls are
described in :ref:`codec-stateless-controls`.
+ * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_COLORIMETRY``
+ - 0xa50000
+ - The class containing colorimetry controls. These controls are
+ described in :ref:`colorimetry-controls`.
Return Value
============