From 078c580cb4ab16bc7a3f7a88b51d1da498f899a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans Verkuil Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 08:40:59 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] [media] DocBook media: update STREAMON/OFF documentation Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- .../DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml | 28 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml index 65dff55079d7..df2c63d07bac 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml @@ -52,16 +52,24 @@ The VIDIOC_STREAMON and VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ioctl start and stop the capture or output process during streaming (memory -mapping or user pointer) I/O. +mapping, user pointer or +DMABUF) I/O. - Specifically the capture hardware is disabled and no input + Capture hardware is disabled and no input buffers are filled (if there are any empty buffers in the incoming queue) until VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called. -Accordingly the output hardware is disabled, no video signal is +Output hardware is disabled and no video signal is produced until VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called. The ioctl will succeed when at least one output buffer is in the incoming queue. + Memory-to-memory devices will not start until +VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called for both the capture +and output stream types. + + If VIDIOC_STREAMON fails then any already +queued buffers will remain queued. + The VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ioctl, apart of aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, unlocks any user pointer buffers locked in physical memory, and it removes all buffers from the @@ -70,14 +78,22 @@ dequeued yet will be lost, likewise all images enqueued for output but not transmitted yet. I/O returns to the same state as after calling &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted accordingly. + If buffers have been queued with &VIDIOC-QBUF; and +VIDIOC_STREAMOFF is called without ever having +called VIDIOC_STREAMON, then those queued buffers +will also be removed from the incoming queue and all are returned to the +same state as after calling &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted +accordingly. + Both ioctls take a pointer to an integer, the desired buffer or stream type. This is the same as &v4l2-requestbuffers; type. If VIDIOC_STREAMON is called when streaming is already in progress, or if VIDIOC_STREAMOFF is called -when streaming is already stopped, then the ioctl does nothing and 0 is -returned. +when streaming is already stopped, then 0 is returned. Nothing happens in the +case of VIDIOC_STREAMON, but VIDIOC_STREAMOFF +will return queued buffers to their starting state as mentioned above. Note that applications can be preempted for unknown periods right before or after the VIDIOC_STREAMON or @@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ synchronize with other events. EINVAL - The buffertype is not supported, + The buffer type is not supported, or no buffers have been allocated (memory mapping) or enqueued (output) yet. -- 2.30.2