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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/uvideo.4 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/video.4 | 79 |
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/uvideo.4 b/share/man/man4/uvideo.4 index 3c2a0e87269..73eac09e0a0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/uvideo.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/uvideo.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: uvideo.4,v 1.9 2008/06/28 17:53:51 mglocker Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: uvideo.4,v 1.10 2008/06/28 17:59:11 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Ian Darwin. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ device attaches successfully, it will attach the .Xr video 4 driver to provide higher-level access. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr video 4 , .Xr intro 4 , -.Xr usb 4 -.\" .Xr video 4 +.Xr usb 4 , +.Xr video 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm diff --git a/share/man/man4/video.4 b/share/man/man4/video.4 index 7a05fa34c72..a0faedd75c9 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/video.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/video.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: video.4,v 1.2 2008/06/28 16:05:38 mglocker Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: video.4,v 1.3 2008/06/28 17:59:11 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Marcus Glocker <mglocker@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -29,23 +29,23 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides support for various video devices. It provides an uniform -programming interface layer above different underlying video hardware -drivers. +driver provides support for various video devices. +It provides a uniform programming interface layer +above different underlying video hardware drivers. The .Nm driver uses the V4L2 (Video for Linux Two) API which is widely used by video -applications. Therefore this document mainly describes the V4L2 API parts +applications. +Therefore this document mainly describes the V4L2 API parts which are supported by the .Nm -driver yet. -.Sh IOCTL +driver. +.Sh IOCTLS The following .Xr ioctl 2 commands are supported: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -.It Dv VIDIOC_QUERYCAP (struct v4l2_capability *) +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It VIDIOC_QUERYCAP (struct v4l2_capability *) Query device capabilities. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_capability { @@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ struct v4l2_capability { u_int32_t reserved[4]; }; .Ed -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT (struct v4l2_fmtdesc *) +.It VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT (struct v4l2_fmtdesc *) Enumerate image formats. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_fmtdesc { @@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ struct v4l2_fmtdesc { u_int32_t reserved[4]; }; .Ed -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_S_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) +.It VIDIOC_S_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) Set the data format. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_format { @@ -84,13 +82,11 @@ struct v4l2_format { } fmt; }; .Ed -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_G_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) +.It VIDIOC_G_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) Get the data format. .Pp Same structure as for VIDIOC_S_FMT. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT (struct v4l2_input *) +.It VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT (struct v4l2_input *) Enumerate video inputs. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_input { @@ -104,11 +100,9 @@ struct v4l2_input { u_int32_t reserved[32]; }; .Ed -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_S_INPUT (int) +.It VIDIOC_S_INPUT (int) Select the current video input. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_REQBUFS (struct v4l2_requestbuffers *) +.It VIDIOC_REQBUFS (struct v4l2_requestbuffers *) Initiate memory mapping or user pointer I/O. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_requestbuffers { @@ -118,34 +112,27 @@ struct v4l2_requestbuffers { u_int32_t reserved[2]; }; .Ed -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_QUERYBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) +.It VIDIOC_QUERYBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) Query the status of a buffer. .Pp Same structure as for VIDIOC_REQBUFS. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_QBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) +.It VIDIOC_QBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) Add a buffer to the queue. .Pp Same structure as for VIDIOC_REQBUFS. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_DQBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) +.It VIDIOC_DQBUF (struct v4l2_buffer *) Remove a buffer from the queue. .Pp Same structure as for VIDIOC_REQBUFS. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_STREAMON (int) +.It VIDIOC_STREAMON (int) Start video stream. -.Pp .It Dv VIDIOC_STREAMOFF (int) Stop video stream. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_TRY_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) +.It VIDIOC_TRY_FMT (struct v4l2_format *) Try a data format. .Pp Same structure as for VIDIOC_S_FMT. -.Pp -.It Dv VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL (struct v4l2_queryctrl *) +.It VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL (struct v4l2_queryctrl *) Enumerate control items. .Bd -literal struct v4l2_queryctrl { @@ -162,7 +149,6 @@ struct v4l2_queryctrl { .Ed .El .Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact Command independent enumerations are: .Bd -literal enum v4l2_buf_type { @@ -238,11 +224,11 @@ Command independent typedefs are: .Bd -literal typedef u_int64_t v4l2_std_id; .Ed -.El .Sh READ Video data can be accessed via the .Xr read 2 -system call. The main iteration for userland applications occurs as follow: +system call. +The main iteration for userland applications occurs as follow: .Pp .Bl -enum -compact -offset indent .It @@ -252,7 +238,8 @@ system call. .It Read video data from the device via the .Xr read 2 -system call. The video stream will be started autoamtically with the first +system call. +The video stream will be started autoamtically with the first read, which means there is no need to issue a VIDIOC_STREAMON command. The read will always return a consistent video frame, if no error occurs. .It @@ -265,7 +252,8 @@ system call. .Sh MMAP Video data can be accessed via the .Xr mmap 2 -system call. The main iteration for userland applications occurs as follow: +system call. +The main iteration for userland applications occurs as follow: .Pp .Bl -enum -compact -offset indent .It @@ -281,9 +269,10 @@ Initially queue the buffers via the VIDIOC_QBUF ioctl command. .It Start the video stream via the VIDIOC_STREAMON ioctl command. .It -Dequeue one buffer via the VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl command. If the queue is empty +Dequeue one buffer via the VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl command. +If the queue is empty the ioctl will block until a buffer gets queued or an error occurs -(e.g. timeout). +(e.g. a timeout). .It Requeue the buffer via the VIDIOC_QBUF ioctl command. .It @@ -296,10 +285,10 @@ When finished stop the video stream via the VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ioctl command. .It Pa /dev/video .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr uvideo 4 , -.Xr ioctl 2 +.Xr ioctl 2 , +.Xr uvideo 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -driver appeared in +driver first appeared in .Ox 4.4 . |